#2C9899#2C9899

#2C9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9899
RGB	rgb(44, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -28.99, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 30.44, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0905 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0141, 25.2897, 34.0628)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9899 #992D2C

analogous

#2C9963 #2C9899 #2C6199

triadic

#2C9899 #992C98 #98992C

tetradic

#2C9899 #632C99 #992D2C #61992C

square

#2C9899 #632C99 #992D2C #61992C

split-complementary

#2C9899 #992C61 #99632C

monochromatic

#113A3A #1E6969 #2C9899 #3BC5C7 #6BD3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2C9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2C9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9899

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9899	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E859A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b7',
    500: '#2c9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9899;
$custom-light: #77b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6215,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9899

secondary

#BB6666

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9899

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

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