#2C8E9B#2C8E9B

#2C8E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9B
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, -23.33, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 27.77, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0792 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.09 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6255, 22.2461, 34.4217)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9B #9B392C

analogous

#2C9B71 #2C8E9B #2C579B

triadic

#2C8E9B #9B2C8E #8E9B2C

tetradic

#2C8E9B #712C9B #9B392C #579B2C

square

#2C8E9B #712C9B #9B392C #579B2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9B #9B2C57 #9B712C

monochromatic

#11373C #1E626B #2C8E9B #3CB7C8 #6CC9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2C8E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2C8E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9B	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afb8',
    500: '#2c8e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9b;
$custom-light: #76afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.027,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59689,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9B

secondary

#BC7167

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9B

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

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