#2C8E88#2C8E88

#2C8E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.089 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E88
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -29.14, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 29.58, 189.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0878 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.089 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1536, 21.6573, 26.6694)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E88 #8E2C32

analogous

#2C8E57 #2C8E88 #2C638E

triadic

#2C8E88 #882C8E #8E882C

tetradic

#2C8E88 #572C8E #8E2C32 #638E2C

square

#2C8E88 #572C8E #8E2C32 #638E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E88 #8E2C63 #8E572C

monochromatic

#0F312F #1E5F5B #2C8E88 #3ABDB5 #65CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2C8E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2C8E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E88

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E88	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)

#868688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.089 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afaa',
    500: '#2c8e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e88;
$custom-light: #74afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58975,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E88

secondary

#B66065

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E88

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

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