#2C8579#2C8579

#2C8579 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.085 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8579
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, -29.08, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 29.10, 182.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% -0.0851 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.085 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8758, 18.6896, 21.0143)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8579 #852C38

analogous

#2C854D #2C8579 #2C6585

triadic

#2C8579 #792C85 #85792C

tetradic

#2C8579 #4D2C85 #852C38 #65852C

square

#2C8579 #4D2C85 #852C38 #65852C

split-complementary

#2C8579 #852C65 #854D2C

monochromatic

#0E2925 #1D574F #2C8579 #3BB3A3 #61CBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2C8579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2C8579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8579

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8579	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.085 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a99f',
    500: '#2c8579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8579;
$custom-light: #71a99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56112,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8579

secondary

#B15C67

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8579

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

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