#2C858E#2C858E

#2C858E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.083 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C858E
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -22.79, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 25.99, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0753 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.083 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3066, 19.2619, 28.5499)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C858E #8E352C

analogous

#2C8E66 #2C858E #2C548E

triadic

#2C858E #8E2C85 #858E2C

tetradic

#2C858E #662C8E #8E352C #548E2C

square

#2C858E #662C8E #8E352C #548E2C

split-complementary

#2C858E #8E2C54 #8E662C

monochromatic

#0F2D31 #1E595F #2C858E #3AB1BD #65C6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2C858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2C858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C858E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C858E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.083 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9af',
    500: '#2c858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c858e;
$custom-light: #73a9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C858E

secondary

#B66860

accent

#594CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C858E

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

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