#2C9AA4#2C9AA4

#2C9AA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AA4
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -26.60, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 30.10, 207.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0877 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(19.2922, 26.3247, 39.1792)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AA4 #A4362C

analogous

#2CA472 #2C9AA4 #2C5EA4

triadic

#2C9AA4 #A42C9A #9AA42C

tetradic

#2C9AA4 #722CA4 #A4362C #5EA42C

square

#2C9AA4 #722CA4 #A4362C #5EA42C

split-complementary

#2C9AA4 #A42C5E #A4722C

monochromatic

#123F43 #1F6D74 #2C9AA4 #41C0CC #71D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2C9AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2C9AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AA4

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AA4	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8bf',
    500: '#2c9aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9aa4;
$custom-light: #78b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6307,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.26327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AA4

secondary

#C0736B

accent

#5447E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AA4

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

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