#2C96A8#2C96A8

#2C96A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.096 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C96A8
RGB	rgb(44, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -23.30, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 29.45, 217.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0819 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.096 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0099, 25.1731, 40.8952)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C96A8 #A83E2C

analogous

#2CA87C #2C96A8 #2C58A8

triadic

#2C96A8 #A82C96 #96A82C

tetradic

#2C96A8 #7C2CA8 #A83E2C #58A82C

square

#2C96A8 #7C2CA8 #A83E2C #58A82C

split-complementary

#2C96A8 #A82C58 #A87C2C

monochromatic

#133F47 #1F6B78 #2C96A8 #43BACE #74CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2C96A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2C96A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C96A8

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C96A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C96A8	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7684A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c96a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.096 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5c1',
    500: '#2c96a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c96a8;
$custom-light: #78b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c96a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C96A8

secondary

#C27A6E

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C96A8

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

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