#2C9985#2C9985

#2C9985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9985
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 13.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -35.19, 1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 35.23, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.1009 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.101 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6615, 25.0095, 26.1350)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9985 #992C40

analogous

#2C994E #2C9985 #2C7699

triadic

#2C9985 #852C99 #99852C

tetradic

#2C9985 #4E2C99 #992C40 #76992C

square

#2C9985 #4E2C99 #992C40 #76992C

split-complementary

#2C9985 #992C76 #994E2C

monochromatic

#113A32 #1E695C #2C9985 #3BC7AD #6BD4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#2C9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#2C9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9985

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9985	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7a8',
    500: '#2c9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9985;
$custom-light: #75b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.991,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61734,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9985

secondary

#BB6675

accent

#4965DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9985

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

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