#2C9A96#2C9A96

#2C9A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9A96
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -30.85, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 31.59, 192.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.094 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.096 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0968, 25.8466, 32.8834)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9A96 #9A2C30

analogous

#2C9A5F #2C9A96 #2C679A

triadic

#2C9A96 #962C9A #9A962C

tetradic

#2C9A96 #5F2C9A #9A2C30 #679A2C

square

#2C9A96 #5F2C9A #9A2C30 #679A2C

split-complementary

#2C9A96 #9A2C67 #9A5F2C

monochromatic

#113B39 #1E6A68 #2C9A96 #3CC7C2 #6CD5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2C9A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2C9A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9A96

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9A96	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8b4',
    500: '#2c9a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9a96;
$custom-light: #77b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62553,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9A96

secondary

#BC6669

accent

#494EDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9A96

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

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