#2C9C8E#2C9C8E

#2C9C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9C8E
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -34.10, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 34.14, 182.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0998 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.1 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8073, 26.2633, 29.7168)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9C8E #9C2C3A

analogous

#2C9C56 #2C9C8E #2C729C

triadic

#2C9C8E #8E2C9C #9C8E2C

tetradic

#2C9C8E #562C9C #9C2C3A #729C2C

square

#2C9C8E #562C9C #9C2C3A #729C2C

split-complementary

#2C9C8E #9C2C72 #9C562C

monochromatic

#113D37 #1F6C63 #2C9C8E #3DC8B7 #6DD6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2C9C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#2C9C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9C8E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9C8E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baaf',
    500: '#2c9c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9c8e;
$custom-light: #76baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62796,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9C8E

secondary

#BD6772

accent

#495BDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9C8E

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

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