#2C9CA6#2C9CA6

#2C9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA6
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -26.98, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 30.48, 207.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0888 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.097 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8071, 27.0632, 40.2488)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA6 #A6362C

analogous

#2CA673 #2C9CA6 #2C5FA6

triadic

#2C9CA6 #A62C9C #9CA62C

tetradic

#2C9CA6 #732CA6 #A6362C #5FA62C

square

#2C9CA6 #732CA6 #A6362C #5FA62C

split-complementary

#2C9CA6 #A62C5F #A6732C

monochromatic

#124145 #1F6F76 #2C9CA6 #42C2CD #73D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2C9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#2C9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA6

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA6	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c0',
    500: '#2c9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca6;
$custom-light: #79b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6365,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA6

secondary

#C1746D

accent

#5346E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA6

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

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