#2C8D9B#2C8D9B

#2C8D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.089 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D9B
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -22.82, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 27.60, 214.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0781 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.089 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4774, 21.9499, 34.3723)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D9B #9B3A2C

analogous

#2C9B72 #2C8D9B #2C569B

triadic

#2C8D9B #9B2C8D #8D9B2C

tetradic

#2C8D9B #722C9B #9B3A2C #569B2C

square

#2C8D9B #722C9B #9B3A2C #569B2C

split-complementary

#2C8D9B #9B2C56 #9B722C

monochromatic

#11363C #1E626B #2C8D9B #3CB6C8 #6CC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2C8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2C8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D9B

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D9B	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.089 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeb8',
    500: '#2c8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d9b;
$custom-light: #76aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.568,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D9B

secondary

#BC7167

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D9B

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

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