#2C9596#2C9596

#2C9596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.092 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9596
RGB	rgb(44, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -28.42, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 29.85, 197.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0887 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.092 196)
XYZ	xyz(17.2887, 24.2304, 32.6140)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9596 #962D2C

analogous

#2C9662 #2C9596 #2C6096

triadic

#2C9596 #962C95 #95962C

tetradic

#2C9596 #622C96 #962D2C #60962C

square

#2C9596 #622C96 #962D2C #60962C

split-complementary

#2C9596 #962C60 #96622C

monochromatic

#103737 #1E6667 #2C9596 #3AC4C5 #69D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2C9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#2C9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9596

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9596	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.092 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b4',
    500: '#2c9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9596;
$custom-light: #76b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61276,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9596

secondary

#BA6564

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9596

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

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