#2C9CA2#2C9CA2

#2C9CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA2
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -28.22, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 30.70, 203.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0906 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4458, 26.9187, 38.3464)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA2 #A2322C

analogous

#2CA26D #2C9CA2 #2C61A2

triadic

#2C9CA2 #A22C9C #9CA22C

tetradic

#2C9CA2 #6D2CA2 #A2322C #61A22C

square

#2C9CA2 #6D2CA2 #A2322C #61A22C

split-complementary

#2C9CA2 #A22C61 #A26D2C

monochromatic

#123F42 #1F6E72 #2C9CA2 #40C4CB #70D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2C9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2C9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA2	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)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.097 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bd',
    500: '#2c9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca2;
$custom-light: #78b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63497,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA2

secondary

#BF6F6A

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA2

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

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