#2C8D8F#2C8D8F

#2C8D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.087 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8D8F
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -26.56, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 28.12, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0834 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.087 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5193, 21.5666, 29.3261)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8D8F #8F2E2C

analogous

#2C8F60 #2C8D8F #2C5C8F

triadic

#2C8D8F #8F2C8D #8D8F2C

tetradic

#2C8D8F #602C8F #8F2E2C #5C8F2C

square

#2C8D8F #602C8F #8F2E2C #5C8F2C

split-complementary

#2C8D8F #8F2C5C #8F602C

monochromatic

#0F3131 #1E5F60 #2C8D8F #3ABBBE #66CED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2C8D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2C8D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8D8F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8D8F	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.087 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeaf',
    500: '#2c8d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8d8f;
$custom-light: #74aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.212,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58969,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8D8F

secondary

#B66261

accent

#4E4BDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8D8F

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

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