#2C8B81#2C8B81

#2C8B81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B81
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -29.71, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 29.84, 185.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0878 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.088 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2319, 20.5841, 23.9877)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B81 #8B2C36

analogous

#2C8B51 #2C8B81 #2C658B

triadic

#2C8B81 #812C8B #8B812C

tetradic

#2C8B81 #512C8B #8B2C36 #658B2C

square

#2C8B81 #512C8B #8B2C36 #658B2C

split-complementary

#2C8B81 #8B2C65 #8B512C

monochromatic

#0F2E2B #1D5D56 #2C8B81 #3BB9AC #64CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2C8B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2C8B81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B81

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B81	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ada5',
    500: '#2c8b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b81;
$custom-light: #73ada5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57954,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B81

secondary

#B45F68

accent

#4C5BDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B81

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

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