#2C8C8B#2C8C8B

#2C8C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.087 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8C8B
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -27.27, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 28.30, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0842 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.087 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.0749, 21.1540, 27.7097)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8C8B #8C2C2D

analogous

#2C8C5B #2C8C8B #2C5D8C

triadic

#2C8C8B #8B2C8C #8C8B2C

tetradic

#2C8C8B #5B2C8C #8C2C2D #5D8C2C

square

#2C8C8B #5B2C8C #8C2C2D #5D8C2C

split-complementary

#2C8C8B #8C2C5D #8C5B2C

monochromatic

#0F2F2F #1D5D5D #2C8C8B #3BBBB9 #64CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2C8C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2C8C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8C8B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8C8B	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.087 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeac',
    500: '#2c8c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8c8b;
$custom-light: #74aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8C8B

secondary

#B55F60

accent

#4C4EDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8C8B

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

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