#2C8981#2C8981

#2C8981 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.086 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8981
RGB	rgb(44, 137, 129)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -28.74, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 28.97, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0856 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.086 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9450, 20.0102, 23.8920)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8981 #892C34

analogous

#2C8953 #2C8981 #2C6289

triadic

#2C8981 #812C89 #89812C

tetradic

#2C8981 #532C89 #892C34 #62892C

square

#2C8981 #532C89 #892C34 #62892C

split-complementary

#2C8981 #892C62 #89532C

monochromatic

#0E2C2A #1D5B55 #2C8981 #3BB7AD #63CDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2C8981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2C8981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8981

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8981	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 137, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.086 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aca5',
    500: '#2c8981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8981;
$custom-light: #72aca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.839,
    "s": 51.381,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57432,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8981

secondary

#B35E65

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8981

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

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