#2C8E81#2C8E81

#2C8E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E81
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -31.15, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 31.18, 182.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0911 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.091 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6723, 21.4648, 24.1345)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E81 #8E2C39

analogous

#2C8E50 #2C8E81 #2C6A8E

triadic

#2C8E81 #812C8E #8E812C

tetradic

#2C8E81 #502C8E #8E2C39 #6A8E2C

square

#2C8E81 #502C8E #8E2C39 #6A8E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E81 #8E2C6A #8E502C

monochromatic

#0F312C #1E5F57 #2C8E81 #3ABDAB #65CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2C8E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2C8E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E81

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E81	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afa5',
    500: '#2c8e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e81;
$custom-light: #73afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.041,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58738,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E81

secondary

#B6606B

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E81

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

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