#2CB9C5#2CB9C5

#2CB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9C5
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -31.61, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 35.66, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1042 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.114 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4612, 39.2611, 58.8906)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9C5 #C5382C

analogous

#2CC585 #2CB9C5 #2C6DC5

triadic

#2CB9C5 #C52CB9 #B9C52C

tetradic

#2CB9C5 #852CC5 #C5382C #6DC52C

square

#2CB9C5 #852CC5 #C5382C #6DC52C

split-complementary

#2CB9C5 #C52C6D #C5852C

monochromatic

#165B61 #218A93 #2CB9C5 #55CFD9 #87DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#2CB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#2CB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9C5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9C5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ced6',
    500: '#2cb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9c5;
$custom-light: #80ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 63.485,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9C5

secondary

#CE857F

accent

#4E41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9C5

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

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