#2C9B8F#2C9B8F

#2C9B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B8F
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -33.35, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 33.45, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0983 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.099 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7156, 25.9593, 30.0582)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B8F #9B2C38

analogous

#2C9B58 #2C9B8F #2C709B

triadic

#2C9B8F #8F2C9B #9B8F2C

tetradic

#2C9B8F #582C9B #9B2C38 #709B2C

square

#2C9B8F #582C9B #9B2C38 #709B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B8F #9B2C70 #9B582C

monochromatic

#113C37 #1E6B63 #2C9B8F #3CC8B9 #6CD5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2C9B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#2C9B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B8F

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B8F	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9af',
    500: '#2c9b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b8f;
$custom-light: #76b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B8F

secondary

#BC6770

accent

#4959DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B8F

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

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