#2C8D9C#2C8D9C

#2C8D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.090 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D9C
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -22.49, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 27.64, 215.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0777 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.09 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5618, 21.9836, 34.8164)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D9C #9C3B2C

analogous

#2C9C73 #2C8D9C #2C559C

triadic

#2C8D9C #9C2C8D #8D9C2C

tetradic

#2C8D9C #732C9C #9C3B2C #559C2C

square

#2C8D9C #732C9C #9C3B2C #559C2C

split-complementary

#2C8D9C #9C2C55 #9C732C

monochromatic

#11373D #1F626C #2C8D9C #3DB6C8 #6DC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2C8D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D9C

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D9C	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.090 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeb9',
    500: '#2c8d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d9c;
$custom-light: #76aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.036,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D9C

secondary

#BD7367

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D9C

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

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