#2C9CA4#2C9CA4

#2C9CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA4
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -27.60, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 30.57, 205.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0897 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6250, 26.9904, 39.2901)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA4 #A4342C

analogous

#2CA470 #2C9CA4 #2C60A4

triadic

#2C9CA4 #A42C9C #9CA42C

tetradic

#2C9CA4 #702CA4 #A4342C #60A42C

square

#2C9CA4 #702CA4 #A4342C #60A42C

split-complementary

#2C9CA4 #A42C60 #A4702C

monochromatic

#124043 #1F6E74 #2C9CA4 #41C3CC #71D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2C9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2C9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA4

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA4	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2c9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca4;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63573,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA4

secondary

#C0716B

accent

#5147E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA4

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

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