#2C8596#2C8596

#2C8596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.086 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8596
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -20.22, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 26.25, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0718 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.086 213)
XYZ	xyz(14.9289, 19.5108, 31.8274)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8596 #963D2C

analogous

#2C9672 #2C8596 #2C5096

triadic

#2C8596 #962C85 #85962C

tetradic

#2C8596 #722C96 #963D2C #50962C

square

#2C8596 #722C96 #963D2C #50962C

split-complementary

#2C8596 #962C50 #96722C

monochromatic

#103137 #1E5B67 #2C8596 #3AAFC5 #69C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#2C8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#2C8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8596

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8596	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.086 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b4',
    500: '#2c8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8596;
$custom-light: #74a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57205,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.19513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8596

secondary

#BA7264

accent

#624ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8596

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

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