#2C9B89#2C9B89

#2C9B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B89
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -35.02, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 35.02, 179.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1011 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.101 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2732, 25.7823, 27.7282)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B89 #9B2C3E

analogous

#2C9B52 #2C9B89 #2C769B

triadic

#2C9B89 #892C9B #9B892C

tetradic

#2C9B89 #522C9B #9B2C3E #769B2C

square

#2C9B89 #522C9B #9B2C3E #769B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B89 #9B2C76 #9B522C

monochromatic

#113C35 #1E6B5F #2C9B89 #3CC8B1 #6CD5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2C9B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2C9B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B89

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B89	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ab',
    500: '#2c9b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b89;
$custom-light: #76b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B89

secondary

#BC6774

accent

#4961DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B89

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

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