#2C979D#2C979D

#2C979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C979D
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -27.27, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 29.74, 203.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0877 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.094 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1884, 25.1009, 35.7781)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C979D #9D322C

analogous

#2C9D6B #2C979D #2C5F9D

triadic

#2C979D #9D2C97 #979D2C

tetradic

#2C979D #6B2C9D #9D322C #5F9D2C

square

#2C979D #6B2C9D #9D322C #5F9D2C

split-complementary

#2C979D #9D2C5F #9D6B2C

monochromatic

#113B3D #1F696D #2C979D #3DC1C9 #6DD1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2C979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2C979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C979D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C979D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6b9',
    500: '#2c979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c979d;
$custom-light: #77b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62045,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C979D

secondary

#BD6C68

accent

#5048E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C979D

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

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