#2C9CA3#2C9CA3

#2C9CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA3
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -27.91, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 30.63, 204.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0902 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5351, 26.9544, 38.8164)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA3 #A3332C

analogous

#2CA36E #2C9CA3 #2C61A3

triadic

#2C9CA3 #A32C9C #9CA32C

tetradic

#2C9CA3 #6E2CA3 #A3332C #61A32C

square

#2C9CA3 #6E2CA3 #A3332C #61A32C

split-complementary

#2C9CA3 #A32C61 #A36E2C

monochromatic

#124043 #1F6E73 #2C9CA3 #41C3CC #71D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2C9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2C9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA3

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA3	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9be',
    500: '#2c9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca3;
$custom-light: #78b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63535,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA3

secondary

#C0706B

accent

#5047E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA3

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

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