#2C8E85#2C8E85

#2C8E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E85
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -30.01, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 30.21, 186.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0892 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.09 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9434, 21.5732, 25.5623)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E85 #8E2C35

analogous

#2C8E54 #2C8E85 #2C668E

triadic

#2C8E85 #852C8E #8E852C

tetradic

#2C8E85 #542C8E #8E2C35 #668E2C

square

#2C8E85 #542C8E #8E2C35 #668E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E85 #8E2C66 #8E542C

monochromatic

#0F312D #1E5F59 #2C8E85 #3ABDB1 #65CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2C8E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2C8E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E85

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E85	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afa8',
    500: '#2c8e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e85;
$custom-light: #73afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58872,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E85

secondary

#B66068

accent

#4C59DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E85

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

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