#2C8C9D#2C8C9D

#2C8C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8C9D
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -21.65, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 27.56, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0762 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.09 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5000, 21.7240, 35.2153)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8C9D #9D3D2C

analogous

#2C9D76 #2C8C9D #2C539D

triadic

#2C8C9D #9D2C8C #8C9D2C

tetradic

#2C8C9D #762C9D #9D3D2C #539D2C

square

#2C8C9D #762C9D #9D3D2C #539D2C

split-complementary

#2C8C9D #9D2C53 #9D762C

monochromatic

#11373D #1F616D #2C8C9D #3DB4C9 #6DC6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2C8C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8C9D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8C9D	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeba',
    500: '#2c8c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8c9d;
$custom-light: #76aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.027,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59266,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8C9D

secondary

#BD7568

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8C9D

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

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