#2C9CA5#2C9CA5

#2C9CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA5
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -27.29, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 30.52, 206.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0893 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(19.7157, 27.0267, 39.7676)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA5 #A5352C

analogous

#2CA571 #2C9CA5 #2C5FA5

triadic

#2C9CA5 #A52C9C #9CA52C

tetradic

#2C9CA5 #712CA5 #A5352C #5FA52C

square

#2C9CA5 #712CA5 #A5352C #5FA52C

split-complementary

#2C9CA5 #A52C5F #A5712C

monochromatic

#124144 #1F6E75 #2C9CA5 #42C2CD #72D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2C9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#2C9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA5	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2c9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca5;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.463,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.09701,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.27029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA5

secondary

#C1726C

accent

#5247E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA5

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

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