#2C8E9C#2C8E9C

#2C8E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9C
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -23.01, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 27.79, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0787 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.09 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7099, 22.2798, 34.8658)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9C #9C3A2C

analogous

#2C9C72 #2C8E9C #2C569C

triadic

#2C8E9C #9C2C8E #8E9C2C

tetradic

#2C8E9C #722C9C #9C3A2C #569C2C

square

#2C8E9C #722C9C #9C3A2C #569C2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9C #9C2C56 #9C722C

monochromatic

#11373D #1F636C #2C8E9C #3DB7C8 #6DC9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2C8E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2C8E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9C

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9C	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afb9',
    500: '#2c8e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9c;
$custom-light: #76afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59729,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9C

secondary

#BD7267

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9C

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

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