#2C8B9E#2C8B9E

#2C8B9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.090 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B9E
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -20.80, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 27.54, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0748 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.09 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4403, 21.4674, 35.6183)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B9E #9E3F2C

analogous

#2C9E78 #2C8B9E #2C529E

triadic

#2C8B9E #9E2C8B #8B9E2C

tetradic

#2C8B9E #782C9E #9E3F2C #529E2C

square

#2C8B9E #782C9E #9E3F2C #529E2C

split-complementary

#2C8B9E #9E2C52 #9E782C

monochromatic

#11373E #1F616E #2C8B9E #3EB2C9 #6EC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2C8B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2C8B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B9E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B9E	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)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.090 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adba',
    500: '#2c8b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b9e;
$custom-light: #76adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59056,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B9E

secondary

#BE7668

accent

#6148E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B9E

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

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