#2C8D8E#2C8D8E

#2C8D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.087 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D8E
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -26.86, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 28.24, 197.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0839 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.087 196)
XYZ	xyz(15.4439, 21.5365, 28.9290)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D8E #8E2D2C

analogous

#2C8E5E #2C8D8E #2C5C8E

triadic

#2C8D8E #8E2C8D #8D8E2C

tetradic

#2C8D8E #5E2C8E #8E2D2C #5C8E2C

square

#2C8D8E #5E2C8E #8E2D2C #5C8E2C

split-complementary

#2C8D8E #8E2C5C #8E5E2C

monochromatic

#0F3031 #1E5F5F #2C8D8E #3ABBBD #65CECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2C8D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2C8D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D8E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D8E	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.087 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeaf',
    500: '#2c8d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d8e;
$custom-light: #74aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.612,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58932,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D8E

secondary

#B66160

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D8E

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

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