#2C9B8B#2C9B8B

#2C9B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B8B
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -34.47, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 34.47, 180.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.1002 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.1 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4180, 25.8402, 28.4908)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B8B #9B2C3C

analogous

#2C9B54 #2C9B8B #2C749B

triadic

#2C9B8B #8B2C9B #9B8B2C

tetradic

#2C9B8B #542C9B #9B2C3C #749B2C

square

#2C9B8B #542C9B #9B2C3C #749B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B8B #9B2C74 #9B542C

monochromatic

#113C36 #1E6B60 #2C9B8B #3CC8B4 #6CD5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2C9B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2C9B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B8B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B8B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ac',
    500: '#2c9b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b8b;
$custom-light: #76b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B8B

secondary

#BC6773

accent

#495EDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B8B

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

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