#2C8E89#2C8E89

#2C8E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.089 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E89
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -28.85, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.38, 190.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0873 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.089 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2250, 21.6859, 27.0455)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E89 #8E2C31

analogous

#2C8E58 #2C8E89 #2C628E

triadic

#2C8E89 #892C8E #8E892C

tetradic

#2C8E89 #582C8E #8E2C31 #628E2C

square

#2C8E89 #582C8E #8E2C31 #628E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E89 #8E2C62 #8E582C

monochromatic

#0F312F #1E5F5C #2C8E89 #3ABDB6 #65CFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2C8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E89

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E89	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.089 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afab',
    500: '#2c8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e89;
$custom-light: #74afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.939,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5901,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E89

secondary

#B66064

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E89

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

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