#2C9A8F#2C9A8F

#2C9A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.098 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9A8F
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -32.88, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 33.02, 185.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0972 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.098 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5499, 25.6278, 30.0030)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9A8F #9A2C37

analogous

#2C9A58 #2C9A8F #2C6E9A

triadic

#2C9A8F #8F2C9A #9A8F2C

tetradic

#2C9A8F #582C9A #9A2C37 #6E9A2C

square

#2C9A8F #582C9A #9A2C37 #6E9A2C

split-complementary

#2C9A8F #9A2C6E #9A582C

monochromatic

#113B37 #1E6A63 #2C9A8F #3CC7B9 #6CD5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#2C9A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#2C9A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9A8F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9A8F	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.098 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8af',
    500: '#2c9a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9a8f;
$custom-light: #76b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9A8F

secondary

#BC666F

accent

#4958DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9A8F

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

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