#2C878E#2C878E

#2C878E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.084 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C878E
RGB	rgb(44, 135, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -23.82, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 26.47, 205.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0775 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.084 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5830, 19.8148, 28.6420)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C878E #8E332C

analogous

#2C8E64 #2C878E #2C568E

triadic

#2C878E #8E2C87 #878E2C

tetradic

#2C878E #642C8E #8E332C #568E2C

square

#2C878E #642C8E #8E332C #568E2C

split-complementary

#2C878E #8E2C56 #8E642C

monochromatic

#0F2E31 #1E5B5F #2C878E #3AB3BD #65C8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#2C878E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#2C878E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C878E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C878E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C878E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c878e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 135, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.084 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aaaf',
    500: '#2c878e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c878e;
$custom-light: #73aaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c878e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.08382,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C878E

secondary

#B66660

accent

#564CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C878E

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

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