#2C997E#2C997E

#2C997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C997E
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -37.04, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 37.44, 171.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.1043 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.105 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1939, 24.8224, 23.6724)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C997E #992C47

analogous

#2C9947 #2C997E #2C7D99

triadic

#2C997E #7E2C99 #997E2C

tetradic

#2C997E #472C99 #992C47 #7D992C

square

#2C997E #472C99 #992C47 #7D992C

split-complementary

#2C997E #992C7D #99472C

monochromatic

#113A30 #1E6957 #2C997E #3BC7A4 #6BD4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2C997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2C997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C997E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C997E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8a3',
    500: '#2c997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c997e;
$custom-light: #75b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.138,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61524,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C997E

secondary

#BB667B

accent

#496EDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C997E

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

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