#2C9CA7#2C9CA7

#2C9CA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA7
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -26.67, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 30.44, 208.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0884 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8992, 27.1001, 40.7338)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA7 #A7372C

analogous

#2CA775 #2C9CA7 #2C5FA7

triadic

#2C9CA7 #A72C9C #9CA72C

tetradic

#2C9CA7 #752CA7 #A7372C #5FA72C

square

#2C9CA7 #752CA7 #A7372C #5FA72C

split-complementary

#2C9CA7 #A72C5F #A7752C

monochromatic

#124246 #1F6F77 #2C9CA7 #43C1CD #73D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2C9CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#2C9CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA7

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA7	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c1',
    500: '#2c9ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca7;
$custom-light: #79b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.366,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA7

secondary

#C2756D

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA7

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

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