#2C9A97#2C9A97

#2C9A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9A97
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -30.56, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 31.42, 193.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0935 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.096 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1777, 25.8789, 33.3093)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9A97 #9A2C2F

analogous

#2C9A60 #2C9A97 #2C669A

triadic

#2C9A97 #972C9A #9A972C

tetradic

#2C9A97 #602C9A #9A2C2F #669A2C

square

#2C9A97 #602C9A #9A2C2F #669A2C

split-complementary

#2C9A97 #9A2C66 #9A602C

monochromatic

#113B3A #1E6A68 #2C9A97 #3CC7C3 #6CD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2C9A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#2C9A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9A97

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9A97	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8b5',
    500: '#2c9a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9a97;
$custom-light: #77b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.364,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62588,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9A97

secondary

#BC6668

accent

#494DDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9A97

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

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