#2C8E9E#2C8E9E

#2C8E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.091 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9E
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -22.37, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 27.87, 216.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0779 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.091 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8806, 22.3481, 35.7651)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9E #9E3C2C

analogous

#2C9E75 #2C8E9E #2C559E

triadic

#2C8E9E #9E2C8E #8E9E2C

tetradic

#2C8E9E #752C9E #9E3C2C #559E2C

square

#2C8E9E #752C9E #9E3C2C #559E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9E #9E2C55 #9E752C

monochromatic

#11383E #1F636E #2C8E9E #3EB6C9 #6EC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2C8E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2C8E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9E	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.091 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afba',
    500: '#2c8e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9e;
$custom-light: #76afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59811,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9E

secondary

#BE7468

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9E

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

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