#2CB9BF#2CB9BF

#2CB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9BF
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -33.43, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 36.05, 201.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1068 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7874, 38.9915, 55.3417)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9BF #BF322C

analogous

#2CBF7B #2CB9BF #2C6FBF

triadic

#2CB9BF #BF2CB9 #B9BF2C

tetradic

#2CB9BF #7B2CBF #BF322C #6FBF2C

square

#2CB9BF #7B2CBF #BF322C #6FBF2C

split-complementary

#2CB9BF #BF2C6F #BF7B2C

monochromatic

#15595C #21898D #2CB9BF #51D2D7 #83DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2CB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#2CB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9BF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9BF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced2',
    500: '#2cb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9bf;
$custom-light: #7fced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9BF

secondary

#CC7F7B

accent

#4942E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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