#2CB9D4#2CB9D4

#2CB9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB9D4
RGB	rgb(44, 185, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -26.91, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 36.02, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0981 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.119 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2662, 39.9831, 68.3969)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB9D4 #D4472C

analogous

#2CD49B #2CB9D4 #2C65D4

triadic

#2CB9D4 #D42CB9 #B9D42C

tetradic

#2CB9D4 #9B2CD4 #D4472C #65D42C

square

#2CB9D4 #9B2CD4 #D4472C #65D42C

split-complementary

#2CB9D4 #D42C65 #D49B2C

monochromatic

#17616F #218DA2 #2CB9D4 #5FCADE #92DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#2CB9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#2CB9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB9D4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB9D4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 185, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cee1',
    500: '#2cb9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb9d4;
$custom-light: #81cee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.643,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72603,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB9D4

secondary

#D39488

accent

#5A3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB9D4

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

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