#2C8A79#2C8A79

#2C8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.091 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8A79
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -31.48, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 31.50, 177.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0906 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.091 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5767, 20.0914, 21.2480)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8A79 #8A2C3D

analogous

#2C8A4A #2C8A79 #2C6C8A

triadic

#2C8A79 #792C8A #8A792C

tetradic

#2C8A79 #4A2C8A #8A2C3D #6C8A2C

square

#2C8A79 #4A2C8A #8A2C3D #6C8A2C

split-complementary

#2C8A79 #8A2C6C #8A4A2C

monochromatic

#0E2D28 #1D5C50 #2C8A79 #3BB8A2 #63CDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2C8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#2C8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8A79

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8A79	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.091 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ad9f',
    500: '#2c8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8a79;
$custom-light: #72ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.149,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8A79

secondary

#B45E6E

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8A79

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

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