#2C8B9C#2C8B9C

#2C8B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.089 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B9C
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -21.45, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 27.37, 218.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0756 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.089 212)
XYZ	xyz(16.2695, 21.3991, 34.7190)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B9C #9C3D2C

analogous

#2C9C75 #2C8B9C #2C539C

triadic

#2C8B9C #9C2C8B #8B9C2C

tetradic

#2C8B9C #752C9C #9C3D2C #539C2C

square

#2C8B9C #752C9C #9C3D2C #539C2C

split-complementary

#2C8B9C #9C2C53 #9C752C

monochromatic

#11363D #1F606C #2C8B9C #3DB3C8 #6DC6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2C8B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2C8B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B9C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B9C	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.089 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adb9',
    500: '#2c8b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b9c;
$custom-light: #75adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.107,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58972,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.21401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B9C

secondary

#BD7467

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B9C

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

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