#2C8B8F#2C8B8F

#2C8B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.086 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8B8F
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -25.55, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 27.50, 201.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0813 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.086 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2271, 20.9821, 29.2287)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8B8F #8F302C

analogous

#2C8F62 #2C8B8F #2C5A8F

triadic

#2C8B8F #8F2C8B #8B8F2C

tetradic

#2C8B8F #622C8F #8F302C #5A8F2C

square

#2C8B8F #622C8F #8F302C #5A8F2C

split-complementary

#2C8B8F #8F2C5A #8F622C

monochromatic

#0F3031 #1E5E60 #2C8B8F #3AB8BE #66CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#2C8B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#2C8B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8B8F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8B8F	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.086 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adaf',
    500: '#2c8b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8b8f;
$custom-light: #74adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.424,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58456,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8B8F

secondary

#B66461

accent

#514BDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8B8F

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

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