#2C8A9F#2C8A9F

#2C8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8A9F
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -19.94, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 27.58, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0733 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.091 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3826, 21.2137, 36.0254)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8A9F #9F412C

analogous

#2C9F7B #2C8A9F #2C509F

triadic

#2C8A9F #9F2C8A #8A9F2C

tetradic

#2C8A9F #7B2C9F #9F412C #509F2C

square

#2C8A9F #7B2C9F #9F412C #509F2C

split-complementary

#2C8A9F #9F2C50 #9F7B2C

monochromatic

#11373F #1F606F #2C8A9F #3EB0CA #6EC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2C8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2C8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8A9F

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8A9F	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbb',
    500: '#2c8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8a9f;
$custom-light: #76acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58847,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8A9F

secondary

#BE7869

accent

#6448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8A9F

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

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