#2C8C8E#2C8C8E

#2C8C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.087 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8C8E
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -26.36, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 27.91, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0828 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.087 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2971, 21.2429, 28.8800)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8C8E #8E2E2C

analogous

#2C8E5F #2C8C8E #2C5B8E

triadic

#2C8C8E #8E2C8C #8C8E2C

tetradic

#2C8C8E #5F2C8E #8E2E2C #5B8E2C

square

#2C8C8E #5F2C8E #8E2E2C #5B8E2C

split-complementary

#2C8C8E #8E2C5B #8E5F2C

monochromatic

#0F3031 #1E5E5F #2C8C8E #3ABABD #65CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2C8C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2C8C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8C8E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8C8E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.087 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeaf',
    500: '#2c8c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8c8e;
$custom-light: #74aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8C8E

secondary

#B66260

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8C8E

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

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