#2CB9D0#2CB9D0

#2CB9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9D0
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -28.19, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 35.74, 217.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0997 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.117 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7679, 39.7838, 65.7724)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9D0 #D0432C

analogous

#2CD095 #2CB9D0 #2C67D0

triadic

#2CB9D0 #D02CB9 #B9D02C

tetradic

#2CB9D0 #952CD0 #D0432C #67D02C

square

#2CB9D0 #952CD0 #D0432C #67D02C

split-complementary

#2CB9D0 #D02C67 #D0952C

monochromatic

#175F6B #218C9D #2CB9D0 #5DCBDD #8FDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#2CB9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#2CB9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9D0

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9D0	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cede',
    500: '#2cb9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9d0;
$custom-light: #81cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.415,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9D0

secondary

#D29186

accent

#5740E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9D0

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

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