#2C8D9F#2C8D9F

#2C8D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.091 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D9F
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -21.53, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 27.82, 219.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0764 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.091 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8189, 22.0865, 36.1709)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D9F #9F3E2C

analogous

#2C9F77 #2C8D9F #2C549F

triadic

#2C8D9F #9F2C8D #8D9F2C

tetradic

#2C8D9F #772C9F #9F3E2C #549F2C

square

#2C8D9F #772C9F #9F3E2C #549F2C

split-complementary

#2C8D9F #9F2C54 #9F772C

monochromatic

#11383F #1F626F #2C8D9F #3EB4CA #6EC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2C8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D9F

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D9F	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.091 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aebb',
    500: '#2c8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d9f;
$custom-light: #76aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.391,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59601,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D9F

secondary

#BE7669

accent

#6048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D9F

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

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