#2C8B80#2C8B80

#2C8B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B80
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -30.00, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 30.08, 184.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0883 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.089 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1658, 20.5576, 23.6393)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B80 #8B2C37

analogous

#2C8B50 #2C8B80 #2C668B

triadic

#2C8B80 #802C8B #8B802C

tetradic

#2C8B80 #502C8B #8B2C37 #668B2C

square

#2C8B80 #502C8B #8B2C37 #668B2C

split-complementary

#2C8B80 #8B2C66 #8B502C

monochromatic

#0F2E2A #1D5D55 #2C8B80 #3BB9AB #64CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2C8B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2C8B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B80

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B80	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ada4',
    500: '#2c8b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b80;
$custom-light: #73ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.053,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B80

secondary

#B45F69

accent

#4C5DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B80

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

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