#2C9988#2C9988

#2C9988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.099 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2C9988
RGBrgb(44, 153, 136)
HSLhsl(171, 55%, 39%)
HSVhsv(171, 71%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(71.2%, 0%, 11.1%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(57.17, -34.37, 0.12)
CIE-LCHlch(57.17, 34.37, 179.79°)
OKLaboklab(61.83% -0.0995 -0.0002)
OKLCHoklch(61.83% 0.099 180.1)
XYZxyz(16.8717, 25.0936, 27.2421)
Luminance0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2C9988 #992C3D
analogous
#2C9951 #2C9988 #2C7399
triadic
#2C9988 #882C99 #99882C
tetradic
#2C9988 #512C99 #992C3D #73992C
square
#2C9988 #512C99 #992C3D #73992C
split-complementary
#2C9988 #992C73 #99512C
monochromatic
#113A33 #1E695E #2C9988 #3BC7B1 #6BD4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#2C9988 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02
#2C9988 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9988
6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2C9988#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2C99881.003.496.026.02
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0221.001.001.00
##0000006.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#929087
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#838589
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2c9988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.099 180.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7aa',
    500: '#2c9988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2c9988;
$custom-light: #75b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2c9988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.642,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61828,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2C9988
secondary
#BB6673
accent
#4960DF
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#0A1110
muted
#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9988

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#2C9988 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva