#2C8E97#2C8E97

#2C8E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.089 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E97
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -24.60, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 27.80, 207.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0809 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.089 204)
XYZ	xyz(16.2952, 22.1140, 32.6818)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E97 #97352C

analogous

#2C976A #2C8E97 #2C5897

triadic

#2C8E97 #972C8E #8E972C

tetradic

#2C8E97 #6A2C97 #97352C #58972C

square

#2C8E97 #6A2C97 #97352C #58972C

split-complementary

#2C8E97 #972C58 #976A2C

monochromatic

#103538 #1E6168 #2C8E97 #3ABAC6 #6ACBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2C8E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2C8E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E97

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E97	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.089 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afb5',
    500: '#2c8e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e97;
$custom-light: #75afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.22116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E97

secondary

#BA6C65

accent

#564ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E97

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

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