#2C9696#2C9696

#2C9696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.093 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9696
RGB	rgb(44, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -28.91, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 30.18, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0898 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.093 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.4476, 24.5481, 32.6670)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9696 #962C2C

analogous

#2C9661 #2C9696 #2C6196

triadic

#2C9696 #962C96 #96962C

tetradic

#2C9696 #612C96 #962C2C #61962C

square

#2C9696 #612C96 #962C2C #61962C

split-complementary

#2C9696 #962C61 #96612C

monochromatic

#103737 #1E6767 #2C9696 #3AC5C5 #69D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2C9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#2C9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9696

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9696	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.093 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5b4',
    500: '#2c9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9696;
$custom-light: #76b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.2455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9696

secondary

#BA6464

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9696

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

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