#2C9BA5#2C9BA5

#2C9BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.097 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BA5
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -26.79, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 30.29, 207.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0883 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.097 204)
XYZ	xyz(19.5486, 26.6925, 39.7119)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BA5 #A5362C

analogous

#2CA572 #2C9BA5 #2C5EA5

triadic

#2C9BA5 #A52C9B #9BA52C

tetradic

#2C9BA5 #722CA5 #A5362C #5EA52C

square

#2C9BA5 #722CA5 #A5362C #5EA52C

split-complementary

#2C9BA5 #A52C5E #A5722C

monochromatic

#124044 #1F6E75 #2C9BA5 #42C1CD #72D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2C9BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#2C9BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BA5

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BA5	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.097 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2c9ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ba5;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6336,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.26695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BA5

secondary

#C1736C

accent

#5347E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BA5

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

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