#2CB9CD#2CB9CD

#2CB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9CD
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -29.13, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 35.61, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1009 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.116 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4023, 39.6375, 63.8469)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9CD #CD402C

analogous

#2CCD91 #2CB9CD #2C69CD

triadic

#2CB9CD #CD2CB9 #B9CD2C

tetradic

#2CB9CD #912CCD #CD402C #69CD2C

square

#2CB9CD #912CCD #CD402C #69CD2C

split-complementary

#2CB9CD #CD2C69 #CD912C

monochromatic

#165E68 #218C9B #2CB9CD #5BCCDC #8DDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#2CB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#2CB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9CD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9CD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cedc',
    500: '#2cb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9cd;
$custom-light: #81cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.453,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9CD

secondary

#D18E84

accent

#5540E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9CD

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

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