#2C9AAE#2C9AAE

#2C9AAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AAE
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -23.43, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 30.30, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0834 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.099 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2310, 26.7002, 44.1236)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AAE #AE402C

analogous

#2CAE81 #2C9AAE #2C59AE

triadic

#2C9AAE #AE2C9A #9AAE2C

tetradic

#2C9AAE #812CAE #AE402C #59AE2C

square

#2C9AAE #812CAE #AE402C #59AE2C

split-complementary

#2C9AAE #AE2C59 #AE812C

monochromatic

#13444C #206F7D #2C9AAE #47BBD0 #78CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2C9AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#2C9AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AAE

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AAE	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c6',
    500: '#2c9aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9aae;
$custom-light: #79b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AAE

secondary

#C57E71

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AAE

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

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