#2C8B89#2C8B89

#2C8B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.086 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B89
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -27.37, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 28.25, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0841 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.086 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.7846, 20.8052, 26.8987)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B89 #8B2C2E

analogous

#2C8B59 #2C8B89 #2C5D8B

triadic

#2C8B89 #892C8B #8B892C

tetradic

#2C8B89 #592C8B #8B2C2E #5D8B2C

square

#2C8B89 #592C8B #8B2C2E #5D8B2C

split-complementary

#2C8B89 #8B2C5D #8B592C

monochromatic

#0F2E2D #1D5D5B #2C8B89 #3BB9B7 #64CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2C8B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2C8B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B89

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B89	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.086 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adab',
    500: '#2c8b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b89;
$custom-light: #73adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.737,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58234,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B89

secondary

#B45F60

accent

#4C4FDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B89

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

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