#2C9C8F#2C9C8F

#2C9C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9C8F
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -33.81, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 33.88, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0993 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.1 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8827, 26.2935, 30.1139)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9C8F #9C2C39

analogous

#2C9C57 #2C9C8F #2C719C

triadic

#2C9C8F #8F2C9C #9C8F2C

tetradic

#2C9C8F #572C9C #9C2C39 #719C2C

square

#2C9C8F #572C9C #9C2C39 #719C2C

split-complementary

#2C9C8F #9C2C71 #9C572C

monochromatic

#113D37 #1F6C63 #2C9C8F #3DC8B8 #6DD6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2C9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2C9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9C8F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9C8F	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baaf',
    500: '#2c9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9c8f;
$custom-light: #76baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.036,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9C8F

secondary

#BD6771

accent

#495ADF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9C8F

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

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