#2C998E#2C998E

#2C998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C998E
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -32.69, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 32.83, 185.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0966 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.097 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3101, 25.2689, 29.5510)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C998E #992C37

analogous

#2C9957 #2C998E #2C6D99

triadic

#2C998E #8E2C99 #998E2C

tetradic

#2C998E #572C99 #992C37 #6D992C

square

#2C998E #572C99 #992C37 #6D992C

split-complementary

#2C998E #992C6D #99572C

monochromatic

#113A36 #1E6962 #2C998E #3BC7B9 #6BD4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2C998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2C998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C998E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C998E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7af',
    500: '#2c998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c998e;
$custom-light: #76b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.945,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62023,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C998E

secondary

#BB666E

accent

#4958DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C998E

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

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