#2C9591#2C9591

#2C9591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.093 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9591
RGB	rgb(44, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -29.91, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 30.61, 192.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.091 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.093 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8946, 24.0727, 30.5387)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9591 #952C30

analogous

#2C955C #2C9591 #2C6595

triadic

#2C9591 #912C95 #95912C

tetradic

#2C9591 #5C2C95 #952C30 #65952C

square

#2C9591 #5C2C95 #952C30 #65952C

split-complementary

#2C9591 #952C65 #955C2C

monochromatic

#103735 #1E6663 #2C9591 #3AC4BF #69D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2C9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#2C9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9591

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9591	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.093 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b1',
    500: '#2c9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9591;
$custom-light: #76b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9591

secondary

#B96467

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9591

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

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