#2C858B#2C858B

#2C858B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.082 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C858B
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -23.73, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 26.12, 204.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0766 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.082 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0844, 19.1730, 27.3796)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C858B #8B322C

analogous

#2C8B61 #2C858B #2C558B

triadic

#2C858B #8B2C85 #858B2C

tetradic

#2C858B #612C8B #8B322C #558B2C

square

#2C858B #612C8B #8B322C #558B2C

split-complementary

#2C858B #8B2C55 #8B612C

monochromatic

#0F2C2E #1D595D #2C858B #3BB1B9 #64C7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#2C858B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#2C858B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C858B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C858B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C858B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c858b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.082 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9ac',
    500: '#2c858b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c858b;
$custom-light: #73a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c858b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.789,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.08241,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C858B

secondary

#B4645F

accent

#554CDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C858B

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

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