#2C9990#2C9990

#2C9990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9990
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -32.12, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 32.38, 187.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0957 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.096 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4616, 25.3295, 30.3490)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9990 #992C35

analogous

#2C9959 #2C9990 #2C6B99

triadic

#2C9990 #902C99 #99902C

tetradic

#2C9990 #592C99 #992C35 #6B992C

square

#2C9990 #592C99 #992C35 #6B992C

split-complementary

#2C9990 #992C6B #99592C

monochromatic

#113A37 #1E6963 #2C9990 #3BC7BB #6BD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2C9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2C9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9990

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9990	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b0',
    500: '#2c9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9990;
$custom-light: #76b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.046,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9990

secondary

#BB666D

accent

#4955DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9990

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

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