#2C8E87#2C8E87

#2C8E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.089 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E87
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -29.44, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 29.78, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0882 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.089 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0829, 21.6290, 26.2969)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E87 #8E2C33

analogous

#2C8E56 #2C8E87 #2C648E

triadic

#2C8E87 #872C8E #8E872C

tetradic

#2C8E87 #562C8E #8E2C33 #648E2C

square

#2C8E87 #562C8E #8E2C33 #648E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E87 #8E2C64 #8E562C

monochromatic

#0F312E #1E5F5B #2C8E87 #3ABDB3 #65CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2C8E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2C8E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E87

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E87	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.089 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afa9',
    500: '#2c8e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e87;
$custom-light: #74afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E87

secondary

#B66066

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E87

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

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