#2C857C#2C857C

#2C857C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.084 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C857C
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 124)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -28.22, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 28.37, 185.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% -0.0836 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.084 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0626, 18.7643, 21.9983)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C857C #852C35

analogous

#2C8550 #2C857C #2C6185

triadic

#2C857C #7C2C85 #857C2C

tetradic

#2C857C #502C85 #852C35 #61852C

square

#2C857C #502C85 #852C35 #61852C

split-complementary

#2C857C #852C61 #85502C

monochromatic

#0E2926 #1D5751 #2C857C #3BB3A7 #61CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#2C857C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#2C857C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C857C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C857C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C857C	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)

#7E7E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c857c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.084 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a9a1',
    500: '#2c857c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c857c;
$custom-light: #71a9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c857c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.933,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56213,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C857C

secondary

#B15C65

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C857C

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

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