#2C898B#2C898B

#2C898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.085 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C898B
RGB	rgb(44, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -25.77, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 27.29, 199.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.081 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.085 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6425, 20.2892, 27.5656)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C898B #8B2E2C

analogous

#2C8B5D #2C898B #2C598B

triadic

#2C898B #8B2C89 #898B2C

tetradic

#2C898B #5D2C8B #8B2E2C #598B2C

square

#2C898B #5D2C8B #8B2E2C #598B2C

split-complementary

#2C898B #8B2C59 #8B5D2C

monochromatic

#0F2D2E #1D5B5D #2C898B #3BB7B9 #64CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2C898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2C898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C898B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C898B	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.085 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acac',
    500: '#2c898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c898b;
$custom-light: #73acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.263,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57791,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C898B

secondary

#B4605F

accent

#4F4CDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C898B

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

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