#2C8B9D#2C8B9D

#2C8B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.090 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B9D
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -21.12, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 27.45, 219.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0752 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.09 213)
XYZ	xyz(16.3545, 21.4331, 35.1668)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B9D #9D3E2C

analogous

#2C9D77 #2C8B9D #2C529D

triadic

#2C8B9D #9D2C8B #8B9D2C

tetradic

#2C8B9D #772C9D #9D3E2C #529D2C

square

#2C8B9D #772C9D #9D3E2C #529D2C

split-complementary

#2C8B9D #9D2C52 #9D772C

monochromatic

#11363D #1F616D #2C8B9D #3DB3C9 #6DC5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2C8B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2C8B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B9D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B9D	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.090 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adba',
    500: '#2c8b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b9d;
$custom-light: #76adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.21435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B9D

secondary

#BD7568

accent

#6048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B9D

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

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