#2C9991#2C9991

#2C9991 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9991
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -31.83, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 32.16, 188.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0952 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.096 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5384, 25.3602, 30.7533)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9991 #992C34

analogous

#2C995A #2C9991 #2C6A99

triadic

#2C9991 #912C99 #99912C

tetradic

#2C9991 #5A2C99 #992C34 #6A992C

square

#2C9991 #5A2C99 #992C34 #6A992C

split-complementary

#2C9991 #992C6A #995A2C

monochromatic

#113A37 #1E6964 #2C9991 #3BC7BD #6BD4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2C9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2C9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9991

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9991	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)

#919191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b1',
    500: '#2c9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9991;
$custom-light: #76b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.596,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62124,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9991

secondary

#BB666C

accent

#4954DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9991

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

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