#2C8E86#2C8E86

#2C8E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.089 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E86
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -29.73, -3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 29.99, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0887 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.089 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0128, 21.6010, 25.9278)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E86 #8E2C34

analogous

#2C8E55 #2C8E86 #2C658E

triadic

#2C8E86 #862C8E #8E862C

tetradic

#2C8E86 #552C8E #8E2C34 #658E2C

square

#2C8E86 #552C8E #8E2C34 #658E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E86 #8E2C65 #8E552C

monochromatic

#0F312E #1E5F5A #2C8E86 #3ABDB2 #65CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2C8E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2C8E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E86

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E86	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)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.089 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afa9',
    500: '#2c8e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e86;
$custom-light: #74afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58906,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E86

secondary

#B66067

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E86

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

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