#2C9A8E#2C9A8E

#2C9A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.098 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9A8E
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -33.16, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 33.26, 184.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0977 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.098 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4745, 25.5976, 29.6058)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9A8E #9A2C38

analogous

#2C9A57 #2C9A8E #2C6F9A

triadic

#2C9A8E #8E2C9A #9A8E2C

tetradic

#2C9A8E #572C9A #9A2C38 #6F9A2C

square

#2C9A8E #572C9A #9A2C38 #6F9A2C

split-complementary

#2C9A8E #9A2C6F #9A572C

monochromatic

#113B36 #1E6A62 #2C9A8E #3CC7B8 #6CD5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#2C9A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#2C9A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9A8E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9A8E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.098 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8af',
    500: '#2c9a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9a8e;
$custom-light: #76b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.455,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6228,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9A8E

secondary

#BC666F

accent

#4959DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9A8E

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

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