#2C9C96#2C9C96

#2C9C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.097 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9C96
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -31.81, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 32.34, 190.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.096 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.097 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4296, 26.5122, 32.9943)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9C96 #9C2C32

analogous

#2C9C5E #2C9C96 #2C6A9C

triadic

#2C9C96 #962C9C #9C962C

tetradic

#2C9C96 #5E2C9C #9C2C32 #6A9C2C

square

#2C9C96 #5E2C9C #9C2C32 #6A9C2C

split-complementary

#2C9C96 #9C2C6A #9C5E2C

monochromatic

#113D3A #1F6C68 #2C9C96 #3DC8C1 #6DD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2C9C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#2C9C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9C96

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9C96	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.097 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bab4',
    500: '#2c9c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9c96;
$custom-light: #77bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9C96

secondary

#BD676C

accent

#4951DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9C96

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

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