#2C8F9E#2C8F9E

#2C8F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.091 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8F9E
RGB	rgb(44, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -22.89, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 28.02, 215.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0789 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.091 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0301, 22.6470, 35.8149)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8F9E #9E3B2C

analogous

#2C9E74 #2C8F9E #2C569E

triadic

#2C8F9E #9E2C8F #8F9E2C

tetradic

#2C8F9E #742C9E #9E3B2C #569E2C

square

#2C8F9E #742C9E #9E3B2C #569E2C

split-complementary

#2C8F9E #9E2C56 #9E742C

monochromatic

#11383E #1F646E #2C8F9E #3EB7C9 #6EC9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2C8F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8F9E

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8F9E	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.091 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b0ba',
    500: '#2c8f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8f9e;
$custom-light: #76b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60063,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8F9E

secondary

#BE7368

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8F9E

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

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