#2C9AA1#2C9AA1

#2C9AA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2C9AA1
RGBrgb(44, 154, 161)
HSLhsl(184, 57%, 40%)
HSVhsv(184, 73%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.24, -27.53, -12.52)
CIE-LCHlch(58.24, 30.25, 204.45°)
OKLaboklab(62.96% -0.089 -0.0348)
OKLCHoklch(62.96% 0.096 201.3)
XYZxyz(19.0245, 26.2176, 37.7692)
Luminance0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2C9AA1 #A1332C
analogous
#2CA16E #2C9AA1 #2C5FA1
triadic
#2C9AA1 #A12C9A #9AA12C
tetradic
#2C9AA1 #6E2CA1 #A1332C #5FA12C
square
#2C9AA1 #6E2CA1 #A1332C #5FA12C
split-complementary
#2C9AA1 #A12C5F #A16E2C
monochromatic
#123E41 #1F6C71 #2C9AA1 #40C2CB #70D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36
#2C9AA1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24
#2C9AA1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AA1
6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2C9AA1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2C9AA11.003.366.246.24
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2421.001.001.00
##0000006.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E93A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D87A2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A09C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2c9aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.096 201.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8bc',
    500: '#2c9aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2c9aa1;
$custom-light: #78b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2c9aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62955,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2C9AA1
secondary
#BF6F6A
accent
#5147E0
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F6
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

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#2C9AA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva