#2DB9CE#2DB9CE

#2DB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2DB9CE
RGB	rgb(45, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -28.72, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 35.55, 216.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1002 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.116 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5669, 39.7084, 64.4867)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2DB9CE #CE422D

analogous

#2DCE93 #2DB9CE #2D69CE

triadic

#2DB9CE #CE2DB9 #B9CE2D

tetradic

#2DB9CE #932DCE #CE422D #69CE2D

square

#2DB9CE #932DCE #CE422D #69CE2D

split-complementary

#2DB9CE #CE2D69 #CE932D

monochromatic

#175F6A #228C9C #2DB9CE #5DCBDC #8FDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#2DB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#2DB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2DB9CE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2DB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2DB9CE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2db9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cedd',
    500: '#2db9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2db9ce;
$custom-light: #81cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2db9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2DB9CE

secondary

#D19086

accent

#5641E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2DB9CE

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

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