#2C8D9E#2C8D9E

#2C8D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.090 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D9E
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -21.85, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 27.75, 218.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0768 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.09 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7325, 22.0519, 35.7157)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D9E #9E3D2C

analogous

#2C9E76 #2C8D9E #2C549E

triadic

#2C8D9E #9E2C8D #8D9E2C

tetradic

#2C8D9E #762C9E #9E3D2C #549E2C

square

#2C8D9E #762C9E #9E3D2C #549E2C

split-complementary

#2C8D9E #9E2C54 #9E762C

monochromatic

#11383E #1F626E #2C8D9E #3EB4C9 #6EC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2C8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D9E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D9E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.090 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeba',
    500: '#2c8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d9e;
$custom-light: #76aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.947,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59559,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D9E

secondary

#BE7568

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D9E

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

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