#2C8E79#2C8E79

#2C8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E79
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -33.35, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 33.49, 174.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.095 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.095 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1612, 21.2604, 21.4428)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E79 #8E2C41

analogous

#2C8E48 #2C8E79 #2C728E

triadic

#2C8E79 #792C8E #8E792C

tetradic

#2C8E79 #482C8E #8E2C41 #728E2C

square

#2C8E79 #482C8E #8E2C41 #728E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E79 #8E2C72 #8E482C

monochromatic

#0F3129 #1E5F51 #2C8E79 #3ABDA1 #65CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2C8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2C8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E79

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E79	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)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73af9f',
    500: '#2c8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e79;
$custom-light: #73af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58484,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E79

secondary

#B66072

accent

#4C6BDC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E79

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

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