#2C9AA9#2C9AA9

#2C9AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AA9
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -25.03, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 30.06, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0855 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.097 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7526, 26.5089, 41.6041)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AA9 #A93B2C

analogous

#2CA97A #2C9AA9 #2C5CA9

triadic

#2C9AA9 #A92C9A #9AA92C

tetradic

#2C9AA9 #7A2CA9 #A93B2C #5CA92C

square

#2C9AA9 #7A2CA9 #A93B2C #5CA92C

split-complementary

#2C9AA9 #A92C5C #A97A2C

monochromatic

#134248 #1F6E78 #2C9AA9 #44BECE #74CFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2C9AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#2C9AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AA9

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AA9	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c2',
    500: '#2c9aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9aa9;
$custom-light: #79b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AA9

secondary

#C3786E

accent

#5946E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AA9

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

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