#2C898E#2C898E

#2C898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.085 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C898E
RGB	rgb(44, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -24.85, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 27.01, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0796 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.085 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8647, 20.3781, 28.7359)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C898E #8E312C

analogous

#2C8E62 #2C898E #2C588E

triadic

#2C898E #8E2C89 #898E2C

tetradic

#2C898E #622C8E #8E312C #588E2C

square

#2C898E #622C8E #8E312C #588E2C

split-complementary

#2C898E #8E2C58 #8E622C

monochromatic

#0F2F31 #1E5C5F #2C898E #3AB6BD #65CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2C898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#2C898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C898E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C898E	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.085 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acaf',
    500: '#2c898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c898e;
$custom-light: #74acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.061,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C898E

secondary

#B66460

accent

#534CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C898E

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

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