#2C8A8E#2C8A8E

#2C8A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.085 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8A8E
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -25.35, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 27.30, 201.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0807 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.085 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0075, 20.6637, 28.7835)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8A8E #8E302C

analogous

#2C8E61 #2C8A8E #2C598E

triadic

#2C8A8E #8E2C8A #8A8E2C

tetradic

#2C8A8E #612C8E #8E302C #598E2C

square

#2C8A8E #612C8E #8E302C #598E2C

split-complementary

#2C8A8E #8E2C59 #8E612C

monochromatic

#0F2F31 #1E5D5F #2C8A8E #3AB7BD #65CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2C8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2C8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8A8E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8A8E	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.085 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acaf',
    500: '#2c8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8a8e;
$custom-light: #74acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8A8E

secondary

#B66460

accent

#524CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8A8E

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

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