#2C8B99#2C8B99

#2C8B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.088 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B99
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -22.41, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 27.22, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0769 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.088 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0186, 21.2988, 33.3977)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B99 #993A2C

analogous

#2C9970 #2C8B99 #2C5499

triadic

#2C8B99 #992C8B #8B992C

tetradic

#2C8B99 #702C99 #993A2C #54992C

square

#2C8B99 #702C99 #993A2C #54992C

split-complementary

#2C8B99 #992C54 #99702C

monochromatic

#11353A #1E6069 #2C8B99 #3BB5C7 #6BC7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2C8B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2C8B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B99

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B99	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.088 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adb7',
    500: '#2c8b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b99;
$custom-light: #75adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.706,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58849,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B99

secondary

#BB7166

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B99

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

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