#2C8E9A#2C8E9A

#2C8E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.089 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9A
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, -23.65, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 27.76, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0796 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.089 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5419, 22.2127, 33.9812)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9A #9A382C

analogous

#2C9A6F #2C8E9A #2C579A

triadic

#2C8E9A #9A2C8E #8E9A2C

tetradic

#2C8E9A #6F2C9A #9A382C #579A2C

square

#2C8E9A #6F2C9A #9A382C #579A2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9A #9A2C57 #9A6F2C

monochromatic

#11363B #1E626A #2C8E9A #3CB8C7 #6CC9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2C8E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2C8E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9A	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)

#82889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.089 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afb7',
    500: '#2c8e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9a;
$custom-light: #76afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59649,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9A

secondary

#BC6F66

accent

#5949DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9A

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

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