#2EB5C9#2EB5C9

#2EB5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2EB5C9
RGB	rgb(46, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -28.22, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 34.74, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.098 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.113 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1886, 37.8422, 61.0656)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2EB5C9 #C9422E

analogous

#2EC98F #2EB5C9 #2E67C9

triadic

#2EB5C9 #C92EB5 #B5C92E

tetradic

#2EB5C9 #8F2EC9 #C9422E #67C92E

square

#2EB5C9 #8F2EC9 #C9422E #67C92E

split-complementary

#2EB5C9 #C92E67 #C98F2E

monochromatic

#175B65 #238897 #2EB5C9 #5BC9D9 #8DD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2EB5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#2EB5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2EB5C9

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2EB5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2EB5C9	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2eb5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbd9',
    500: '#2eb5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2eb5c9;
$custom-light: #80cbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2eb5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7123,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2EB5C9

secondary

#CF8E84

accent

#5742E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2EB5C9

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

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