#2C8585#2C8585

#2C8585 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.082 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8585
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 133)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, -25.57, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 26.70, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.0794 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.082 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6580, 19.0025, 25.1338)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8585 #852C2C

analogous

#2C8559 #2C8585 #2C5985

triadic

#2C8585 #852C85 #85852C

tetradic

#2C8585 #592C85 #852C2C #59852C

square

#2C8585 #592C85 #852C2C #59852C

split-complementary

#2C8585 #852C59 #85592C

monochromatic

#0E2929 #1D5757 #2C8585 #3BB3B3 #61CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2C8585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#2C8585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8585

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8585	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.082 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9a8',
    500: '#2c8585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8585;
$custom-light: #72a9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56533,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8585

secondary

#B15C5C

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8585

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

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