#2C8E9D#2C8E9D

#2C8E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.090 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9D
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -22.69, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 27.83, 215.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0783 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.09 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7949, 22.3138, 35.3136)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9D #9D3B2C

analogous

#2C9D74 #2C8E9D #2C559D

triadic

#2C8E9D #9D2C8E #8E9D2C

tetradic

#2C8E9D #742C9D #9D3B2C #559D2C

square

#2C8E9D #742C9D #9D3B2C #559D2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9D #9D2C55 #9D742C

monochromatic

#11383D #1F636D #2C8E9D #3DB6C9 #6DC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2C8E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2C8E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9D	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#81899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.090 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afba',
    500: '#2c8e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9d;
$custom-light: #76afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9D

secondary

#BD7368

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9D

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

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