#2C8B9F#2C8B9F

#2C8B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.091 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B9F
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -20.47, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 27.64, 222.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0743 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.091 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5267, 21.5020, 36.0735)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B9F #9F402C

analogous

#2C9F7A #2C8B9F #2C519F

triadic

#2C8B9F #9F2C8B #8B9F2C

tetradic

#2C8B9F #7A2C9F #9F402C #519F2C

square

#2C8B9F #7A2C9F #9F402C #519F2C

split-complementary

#2C8B9F #9F2C51 #9F7A2C

monochromatic

#11373F #1F616F #2C8B9F #3EB2CA #6EC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2C8B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2C8B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B9F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B9F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.091 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbb',
    500: '#2c8b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b9f;
$custom-light: #76adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59098,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B9F

secondary

#BE7869

accent

#6248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B9F

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

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