#2C99A9#2C99A9

#2C99A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.097 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C99A9
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -24.52, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 29.91, 214.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0845 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.097 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5883, 26.1802, 41.5493)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C99A9 #A93C2C

analogous

#2CA97B #2C99A9 #2C5BA9

triadic

#2C99A9 #A92C99 #99A92C

tetradic

#2C99A9 #7B2CA9 #A93C2C #5BA92C

square

#2C99A9 #7B2CA9 #A93C2C #5BA92C

split-complementary

#2C99A9 #A92C5B #A97B2C

monochromatic

#134148 #1F6D78 #2C99A9 #44BDCE #74CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2C99A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2C99A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C99A9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C99A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C99A9	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A86A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c99a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.097 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b7c2',
    500: '#2c99a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c99a9;
$custom-light: #79b7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c99a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63018,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C99A9

secondary

#C3796E

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C99A9

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

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