#2C9996#2C9996

#2C9996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.095 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9996
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -30.37, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 31.22, 193.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0929 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.095 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9324, 25.5178, 32.8286)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9996 #992C2F

analogous

#2C995F #2C9996 #2C6599

triadic

#2C9996 #962C99 #99962C

tetradic

#2C9996 #5F2C99 #992C2F #65992C

square

#2C9996 #5F2C99 #992C2F #65992C

split-complementary

#2C9996 #992C65 #995F2C

monochromatic

#113A39 #1E6967 #2C9996 #3BC7C3 #6BD4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2C9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2C9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9996

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9996	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.095 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b4',
    500: '#2c9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9996;
$custom-light: #77b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62297,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9996

secondary

#BB6668

accent

#494DDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9996

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

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