#2C999B#2C999B

#2C999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C999B
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -28.87, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 30.51, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0906 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3437, 25.6823, 34.9944)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C999B #9B2E2C

analogous

#2C9B66 #2C999B #2C629B

triadic

#2C999B #9B2C99 #999B2C

tetradic

#2C999B #662C9B #9B2E2C #629B2C

square

#2C999B #662C9B #9B2E2C #629B2C

split-complementary

#2C999B #9B2C62 #9B662C

monochromatic

#113B3C #1E6A6B #2C999B #3CC5C8 #6CD3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2C999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2C999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C999B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C999B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b8',
    500: '#2c999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c999b;
$custom-light: #77b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C999B

secondary

#BC6867

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C999B

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

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