#2C8E96#2C8E96

#2C8E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.088 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8E96
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -24.91, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 27.84, 206.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0814 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.088 203)
XYZ	xyz(16.2143, 22.0816, 32.2559)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8E96 #96342C

analogous

#2C9669 #2C8E96 #2C5996

triadic

#2C8E96 #962C8E #8E962C

tetradic

#2C8E96 #692C96 #96342C #59962C

square

#2C8E96 #692C96 #96342C #59962C

split-complementary

#2C8E96 #962C59 #96692C

monochromatic

#103437 #1E6167 #2C8E96 #3ABBC5 #69CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2C8E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8E96

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8E96	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.088 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afb4',
    500: '#2c8e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8e96;
$custom-light: #75afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.528,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59491,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.22083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8E96

secondary

#BA6A64

accent

#554ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8E96

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

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