#2C9B97#2C9B97

#2C9B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.096 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B97
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -31.04, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 31.78, 192.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0945 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.096 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3434, 26.2104, 33.3645)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B97 #9B2C30

analogous

#2C9B60 #2C9B97 #2C689B

triadic

#2C9B97 #972C9B #9B972C

tetradic

#2C9B97 #602C9B #9B2C30 #689B2C

square

#2C9B97 #602C9B #9B2C30 #689B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B97 #9B2C68 #9B602C

monochromatic

#113C3A #1E6B69 #2C9B97 #3CC8C3 #6CD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2C9B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2C9B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B97

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B97	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#929397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.096 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b5',
    500: '#2c9b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b97;
$custom-light: #77b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.838,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62843,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B97

secondary

#BC676A

accent

#494EDF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B97

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

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