#2C8399#2C8399

#2C8399 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.087 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8399
RGB	rgb(44, 131, 153)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -18.16, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 26.48, 226.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% -0.0685 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.087 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9024, 19.0663, 33.0256)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8399 #99422C

analogous

#2C9978 #2C8399 #2C4C99

triadic

#2C8399 #992C83 #83992C

tetradic

#2C8399 #782C99 #99422C #4C992C

square

#2C8399 #782C99 #99422C #4C992C

split-complementary

#2C8399 #992C4C #99782C

monochromatic

#11323A #1E5A69 #2C8399 #3BABC7 #6BBFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#2C8399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#2C8399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8399

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8399	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 131, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.087 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7b7',
    500: '#2c8399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8399;
$custom-light: #74a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.11,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8399

secondary

#BB7766

accent

#6749DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8399

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

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