#2C8591#2C8591

#2C8591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.084 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8591
RGB	rgb(44, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, -21.84, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 25.99, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57% -0.074 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.084 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5349, 19.3532, 29.7521)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8591 #91382C

analogous

#2C916B #2C8591 #2C5291

triadic

#2C8591 #912C85 #85912C

tetradic

#2C8591 #6B2C91 #91382C #52912C

square

#2C8591 #6B2C91 #91382C #52912C

split-complementary

#2C8591 #912C52 #916B2C

monochromatic

#102F33 #1E5A62 #2C8591 #3AB0C0 #67C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#2C8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#2C8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8591

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8591	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.084 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b1',
    500: '#2c8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8591;
$custom-light: #74a8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.129,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56998,
    "c": 0.08371,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8591

secondary

#B76C62

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8591

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

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