#2C8B8A#2C8B8A

#2C8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.086 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B8A
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -27.07, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 28.10, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0836 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.086 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.8567, 20.8340, 27.2782)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B8A #8B2C2D

analogous

#2C8B5A #2C8B8A #2C5C8B

triadic

#2C8B8A #8A2C8B #8B8A2C

tetradic

#2C8B8A #5A2C8B #8B2C2D #5C8B2C

square

#2C8B8A #5A2C8B #8B2C2D #5C8B2C

split-complementary

#2C8B8A #8B2C5C #8B5A2C

monochromatic

#0F2E2E #1D5D5C #2C8B8A #3BB9B8 #64CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2C8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#2C8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B8A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B8A	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.086 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adac',
    500: '#2c8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b8a;
$custom-light: #74adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.368,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5827,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B8A

secondary

#B45F60

accent

#4C4EDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B8A

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

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