#2C9B8A#2C9B8A

#2C9B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B8A
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -34.74, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 34.74, 180.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.1006 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.101 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3453, 25.8111, 28.1077)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B8A #9B2C3D

analogous

#2C9B53 #2C9B8A #2C759B

triadic

#2C9B8A #8A2C9B #9B8A2C

tetradic

#2C9B8A #532C9B #9B2C3D #759B2C

square

#2C9B8A #532C9B #9B2C3D #759B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B8A #9B2C75 #9B532C

monochromatic

#113C35 #1E6B60 #2C9B8A #3CC8B2 #6CD5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2C9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2C9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B8A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B8A	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)

#949289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ac',
    500: '#2c9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b8a;
$custom-light: #76b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.811,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62409,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B8A

secondary

#BC6774

accent

#4960DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B8A

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

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