#2C9CA8#2C9CA8

#2C9CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.098 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA8
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -26.36, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 30.42, 209.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.088 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.098 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9920, 27.1372, 41.2225)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA8 #A8382C

analogous

#2CA876 #2C9CA8 #2C5EA8

triadic

#2C9CA8 #A82C9C #9CA82C

tetradic

#2C9CA8 #762CA8 #A8382C #5EA82C

square

#2C9CA8 #762CA8 #A8382C #5EA82C

split-complementary

#2C9CA8 #A82C5E #A8762C

monochromatic

#134247 #1F6F78 #2C9CA8 #43C0CE #74D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2C9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2C9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA8

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA8	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.098 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c1',
    500: '#2c9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca8;
$custom-light: #79b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63728,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA8

secondary

#C2766E

accent

#5546E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA8

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

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