#2C9879#2C9879

#2C9879 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.107 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9879
RGB	rgb(44, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 20.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -37.88, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 38.64, 168.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.1057 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.108 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7163, 24.3706, 21.9612)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9879 #982C4B

analogous

#2C9843 #2C9879 #2C8198

triadic

#2C9879 #792C98 #98792C

tetradic

#2C9879 #432C98 #982C4B #81982C

square

#2C9879 #432C98 #982C4B #81982C

split-complementary

#2C9879 #982C81 #98432C

monochromatic

#11392D #1E6953 #2C9879 #3BC69E #6AD4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#2C9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#2C9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9879

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9879	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85837B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.107 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b79f',
    500: '#2c9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9879;
$custom-light: #74b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61119,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9879

secondary

#BB657E

accent

#4974DE

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9879

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

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