#2C8384#2C8384

#2C8384 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.081 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8384
RGB	rgb(44, 131, 132)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, -24.86, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 26.15, 198.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0776 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.081 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3180, 18.4325, 24.6813)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8384 #842D2C

analogous

#2C8459 #2C8384 #2C5784

triadic

#2C8384 #842C83 #83842C

tetradic

#2C8384 #592C84 #842D2C #57842C

square

#2C8384 #592C84 #842D2C #57842C

split-complementary

#2C8384 #842C57 #84592C

monochromatic

#0D2828 #1D5556 #2C8384 #3BB1B2 #60C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#2C8384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2C8384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8384

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8384	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 131, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.081 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a7a7',
    500: '#2c8384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8384;
$custom-light: #72a7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.682,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55977,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8384

secondary

#B05C5C

accent

#504EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8384

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

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