#2C979E#2C979E

#2C979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C979E
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -26.97, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 29.67, 204.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0872 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2741, 25.1352, 36.2296)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C979E #9E332C

analogous

#2C9E6C #2C979E #2C5E9E

triadic

#2C979E #9E2C97 #979E2C

tetradic

#2C979E #6C2C9E #9E332C #5E9E2C

square

#2C979E #6C2C9E #9E332C #5E9E2C

split-complementary

#2C979E #9E2C5E #9E6C2C

monochromatic

#113C3E #1F696E #2C979E #3EC1C9 #6ED0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2C979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2C979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C979E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C979E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6ba',
    500: '#2c979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c979e;
$custom-light: #77b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62083,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C979E

secondary

#BE6D68

accent

#5148E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C979E

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