#2C8F9B#2C8F9B

#2C8F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.090 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8F9B
RGB	rgb(44, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -23.85, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 27.95, 211.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0802 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.09 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7750, 22.5450, 34.4715)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8F9B #9B382C

analogous

#2C9B70 #2C8F9B #2C589B

triadic

#2C8F9B #9B2C8F #8F9B2C

tetradic

#2C8F9B #702C9B #9B382C #589B2C

square

#2C8F9B #702C9B #9B382C #589B2C

split-complementary

#2C8F9B #9B2C58 #9B702C

monochromatic

#11373C #1E636B #2C8F9B #3CB9C8 #6CCAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2C8F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2C8F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8F9B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8F9B	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.090 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b0b8',
    500: '#2c8f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8f9b;
$custom-light: #76b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59942,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8F9B

secondary

#BC7067

accent

#5949DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8F9B

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

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