#2C857B#2C857B

#2C857B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.084 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C857B
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 123)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, -28.51, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 28.60, 184.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.0841 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.084 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9997, 18.7392, 21.6670)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C857B #852C36

analogous

#2C854E #2C857B #2C6385

triadic

#2C857B #7B2C85 #857B2C

tetradic

#2C857B #4E2C85 #852C36 #63852C

square

#2C857B #4E2C85 #852C36 #63852C

split-complementary

#2C857B #852C63 #854E2C

monochromatic

#0E2926 #1D5750 #2C857B #3BB3A6 #61CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#2C857B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#2C857B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C857B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C857B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C857B	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c857b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.084 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a9a1',
    500: '#2c857b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c857b;
$custom-light: #71a9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c857b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56179,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C857B

secondary

#B15C65

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C857B

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

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