#2C9B96#2C9B96

#2C9B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B96
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -31.33, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 31.96, 191.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.095 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.097 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2625, 26.1780, 32.9386)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B96 #9B2C31

analogous

#2C9B5F #2C9B96 #2C699B

triadic

#2C9B96 #962C9B #9B962C

tetradic

#2C9B96 #5F2C9B #9B2C31 #699B2C

square

#2C9B96 #5F2C9B #9B2C31 #699B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B96 #9B2C69 #9B5F2C

monochromatic

#113C3A #1E6B68 #2C9B96 #3CC8C1 #6CD5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2C9B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2C9B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B96

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B96	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b4',
    500: '#2c9b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b96;
$custom-light: #77b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62808,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B96

secondary

#BC676A

accent

#494FDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B96

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

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