#2cb4c6

Color #2cb4c6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2cb4c6

RGB

rgb(44, 180, 198)

HSL

hsl(187, 63.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 77.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(67.47, -28.87, -19.29)

LCH

lch(67.47, 34.72, 213.75)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.1126, 208.48)

HWB

hwb(187, 17.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c63e2c

Analogous

#2cc68b

#2cb4c6

#2c67c6

Triadic

#2cb4c6

#c62cb4

#b4c62c

Split-complementary

#2cb4c6

#c62c67

#c68b2c

Tetradic

#2cb4c6

#3e2cc6

#c63e2c

#b4c62c

Square

#2cb4c6

#8b2cc6

#c63e2c

#67c62c

Shades

Color #2cb4c6 mixed toward black.

#2596a5

#1d7884

#165a63

#0f3c42

#071e21

Tints

Color #2cb4c6 mixed toward white.

#48c6d6

#6dd1df

#91dde7

#b6e8ef

#daf4f7

Tones

Color #2cb4c6 mixed toward gray.

#39aab9

#46a0ac

#5397a0

#5f8d93

#6c8386

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80c2 · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#786ec1 · ΔE 33.5

Tritanopia

#3dbebe · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2cb4c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2cb4c6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2cb4c6 (#2cb4c6) is rgb(44, 180, 198) in RGB.

No, #2cb4c6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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