#2C8E9F#2C8E9F

#2C8E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.091 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E9F
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -22.05, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 27.93, 217.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0775 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.091 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9670, 22.3827, 36.2202)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E9F #9F3D2C

analogous

#2C9F77 #2C8E9F #2C549F

triadic

#2C8E9F #9F2C8E #8E9F2C

tetradic

#2C8E9F #772C9F #9F3D2C #549F2C

square

#2C8E9F #772C9F #9F3D2C #549F2C

split-complementary

#2C8E9F #9F2C54 #9F772C

monochromatic

#11383F #1F636F #2C8E9F #3EB5CA #6EC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2C8E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2C8E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E9F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E9F	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.091 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbb',
    500: '#2c8e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e9f;
$custom-light: #76afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E9F

secondary

#BE7569

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E9F

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

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