#2C9789#2C9789

#2C9789 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9789
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 137)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 9.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -33.16, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 33.19, 182.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0969 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.097 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6185, 24.4729, 27.5100)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9789 #972C3A

analogous

#2C9754 #2C9789 #2C6F97

triadic

#2C9789 #892C97 #97892C

tetradic

#2C9789 #542C97 #972C3A #6F972C

square

#2C9789 #542C97 #972C3A #6F972C

split-complementary

#2C9789 #972C6F #97542C

monochromatic

#103833 #1E685E #2C9789 #3AC6B4 #6AD4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2C9789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2C9789 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9789

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9789	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81838A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ab',
    500: '#2c9789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9789;
$custom-light: #75b6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61341,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9789

secondary

#BA6570

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9789

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

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