#2C9CA9#2C9CA9

#2C9CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.098 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CA9
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -26.04, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 30.42, 211.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0876 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.098 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0855, 27.1746, 41.7151)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CA9 #A9392C

analogous

#2CA978 #2C9CA9 #2C5EA9

triadic

#2C9CA9 #A92C9C #9CA92C

tetradic

#2C9CA9 #782CA9 #A9392C #5EA92C

square

#2C9CA9 #782CA9 #A9392C #5EA92C

split-complementary

#2C9CA9 #A92C5E #A9782C

monochromatic

#134248 #1F6F78 #2C9CA9 #44C0CE #74D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2C9CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2C9CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CA9

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CA9	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.098 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c2',
    500: '#2c9ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ca9;
$custom-light: #79b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.24,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63767,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CA9

secondary

#C3776E

accent

#5646E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CA9

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

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