#2C9CA1#2C9CA1

#2C9CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA1
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -28.52, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 30.79, 202.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0911 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3573, 26.8833, 37.8801)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA1 #A1312C

analogous

#2CA16B #2C9CA1 #2C62A1

triadic

#2C9CA1 #A12C9C #9CA12C

tetradic

#2C9CA1 #6B2CA1 #A1312C #62A12C

square

#2C9CA1 #6B2CA1 #A1312C #62A12C

split-complementary

#2C9CA1 #A12C62 #A16B2C

monochromatic

#123F41 #1F6D71 #2C9CA1 #40C5CB #70D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2C9CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2C9CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA1

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA1	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bc',
    500: '#2c9ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca1;
$custom-light: #78b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6346,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA1

secondary

#BF6D6A

accent

#4E47E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA1

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

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