#2C8E99#2C8E99

#2C8E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.089 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E99
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -23.97, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 27.76, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.08 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.089 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4590, 22.1795, 33.5444)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E99 #99372C

analogous

#2C996D #2C8E99 #2C5799

triadic

#2C8E99 #992C8E #8E992C

tetradic

#2C8E99 #6D2C99 #99372C #57992C

square

#2C8E99 #6D2C99 #99372C #57992C

split-complementary

#2C8E99 #992C57 #996D2C

monochromatic

#11363A #1E6269 #2C8E99 #3BB9C7 #6BCAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2C8E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2C8E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E99

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E99	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.089 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afb7',
    500: '#2c8e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e99;
$custom-light: #75afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.055,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59609,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E99

secondary

#BB6E66

accent

#5849DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E99

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

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