#2DB5CE#2DB5CE

#2DB5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2DB5CE
RGB	rgb(45, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -26.74, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 35.13, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0964 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.115 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7418, 38.0583, 64.2117)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2DB5CE #CE462D

analogous

#2DCE97 #2DB5CE #2D65CE

triadic

#2DB5CE #CE2DB5 #B5CE2D

tetradic

#2DB5CE #972DCE #CE462D #65CE2D

square

#2DB5CE #972DCE #CE462D #65CE2D

split-complementary

#2DB5CE #CE2D65 #CE972D

monochromatic

#175D6A #22899C #2DB5CE #5DC8DC #8FD9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2DB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#2DB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2DB5CE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2DB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2DB5CE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2db5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbdd',
    500: '#2db5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2db5ce;
$custom-light: #81cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2db5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2DB5CE

secondary

#D19286

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2DB5CE

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

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