#2C4E50#2C4E50

#2C4E50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.040 H 200.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E50
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(183, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(183, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, -11.74, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 12.79, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% -0.0372 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.04 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2105, 6.5631, 8.5801)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E50 #502E2C

analogous

#2C5040 #2C4E50 #2C3C50

triadic

#2C4E50 #502C4E #4E502C

tetradic

#2C4E50 #402C50 #502E2C #3C502C

square

#2C4E50 #402C50 #502E2C #3C502C

split-complementary

#2C4E50 #502C3C #50402C

monochromatic

#0B1314 #162829 #2C4E50 #427477 #579B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#2C4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#2C4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E50

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E50	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.040 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f81',
    500: '#2c4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e50;
$custom-light: #687f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39892,
    "c": 0.03977,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E50

secondary

#825856

accent

#6862C5

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEEEE

border

#C6C9C9

text

#060A0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E50

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

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