#2C9B9A#2C9B9A

#2C9B9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.096 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9B9A
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 154)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -30.15, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 31.30, 195.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0932 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.096 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5901, 26.3091, 34.6640)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9B9A #9B2C2D

analogous

#2C9B63 #2C9B9A #2C659B

triadic

#2C9B9A #9A2C9B #9B9A2C

tetradic

#2C9B9A #632C9B #9B2C2D #659B2C

square

#2C9B9A #632C9B #9B2C2D #659B2C

split-complementary

#2C9B9A #9B2C65 #9B632C

monochromatic

#113C3B #1E6B6B #2C9B9A #3CC8C7 #6CD5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2C9B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2C9B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9B9A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9B9A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.096 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b7',
    500: '#2c9b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9b9a;
$custom-light: #77b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.459,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9B9A

secondary

#BC6767

accent

#494ADF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9B9A

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

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