#2C8587#2C8587

#2C8587 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.082 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8587
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -24.96, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 26.46, 199.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.0785 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.082 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7975, 19.0583, 25.8684)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8587 #872E2C

analogous

#2C875C #2C8587 #2C5787

triadic

#2C8587 #872C85 #85872C

tetradic

#2C8587 #5C2C87 #872E2C #57872C

square

#2C8587 #5C2C87 #872E2C #57872C

split-complementary

#2C8587 #872C57 #875C2C

monochromatic

#0E2A2B #1D5859 #2C8587 #3BB2B5 #62C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#2C8587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#2C8587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8587

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8587	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.082 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9a9',
    500: '#2c8587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8587;
$custom-light: #72a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.319,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56608,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8587

secondary

#B25F5D

accent

#514DDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8587

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

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