#2C857E#2C857E

#2C857E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.083 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C857E
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 126)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, -27.64, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 27.92, 188.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% -0.0827 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.083 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1904, 18.8154, 22.6712)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C857E #852C33

analogous

#2C8552 #2C857E #2C6085

triadic

#2C857E #7E2C85 #857E2C

tetradic

#2C857E #522C85 #852C33 #60852C

square

#2C857E #522C85 #852C33 #60852C

split-complementary

#2C857E #852C60 #85522C

monochromatic

#0E2927 #1D5752 #2C857E #3BB3AA #61CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2C857E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2C857E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C857E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C857E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C857E	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70747F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c857e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.083 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9a3',
    500: '#2c857e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c857e;
$custom-light: #72a9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c857e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.281,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56282,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C857E

secondary

#B15C63

accent

#4E59DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C857E

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

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