#2C97A8#2C97A8

#2C97A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.096 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C97A8
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -23.82, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 29.58, 216.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0829 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.096 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1702, 25.4936, 40.9486)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C97A8 #A83D2C

analogous

#2CA87B #2C97A8 #2C59A8

triadic

#2C97A8 #A82C97 #97A82C

tetradic

#2C97A8 #7B2CA8 #A83D2C #59A82C

square

#2C97A8 #7B2CA8 #A83D2C #59A82C

split-complementary

#2C97A8 #A82C59 #A87B2C

monochromatic

#134047 #1F6B78 #2C97A8 #43BBCE #74CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2C97A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2C97A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C97A8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C97A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C97A8	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7885A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c97a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.096 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6c1',
    500: '#2c97a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c97a8;
$custom-light: #78b6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c97a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C97A8

secondary

#C2796E

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C97A8

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

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