#2C8E8B#2C8E8B

#2C8E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.088 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E8B
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -28.26, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.03, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0864 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.088 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3698, 21.7438, 27.8080)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E8B #8E2C2F

analogous

#2C8E5A #2C8E8B #2C608E

triadic

#2C8E8B #8B2C8E #8E8B2C

tetradic

#2C8E8B #5A2C8E #8E2C2F #608E2C

square

#2C8E8B #5A2C8E #8E2C2F #608E2C

split-complementary

#2C8E8B #8E2C60 #8E5A2C

monochromatic

#0F3130 #1E5F5D #2C8E8B #3ABDB9 #65CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2C8E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E8B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E8B	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.088 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afac',
    500: '#2c8e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e8b;
$custom-light: #74afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.163,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59081,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E8B

secondary

#B66063

accent

#4C50DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E8B

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

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