#2C8589#2C8589

#2C8589 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.082 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8589
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 137)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, -24.35, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 26.26, 202.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.0775 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.082 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9396, 19.1151, 26.6170)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8589 #89302C

analogous

#2C895F #2C8589 #2C5689

triadic

#2C8589 #892C85 #85892C

tetradic

#2C8589 #5F2C89 #89302C #56892C

square

#2C8589 #5F2C89 #89302C #56892C

split-complementary

#2C8589 #892C56 #895F2C

monochromatic

#0E2B2C #1D585B #2C8589 #3BB2B7 #63C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#2C8589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#2C8589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8589

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8589	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.082 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9ab',
    500: '#2c8589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8589;
$custom-light: #73a9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 51.381,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.08221,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8589

secondary

#B3615E

accent

#534DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8589

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

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