#2C9CAA#2C9CAA

#2C9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.098 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CAA
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -25.73, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 30.42, 212.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0871 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.098 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1797, 27.2123, 42.2114)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CAA #AA3A2C

analogous

#2CAA79 #2C9CAA #2C5DAA

triadic

#2C9CAA #AA2C9C #9CAA2C

tetradic

#2C9CAA #792CAA #AA3A2C #5DAA2C

square

#2C9CAA #792CAA #AA3A2C #5DAA2C

split-complementary

#2C9CAA #AA2C5D #AA792C

monochromatic

#134349 #1F6F79 #2C9CAA #44BFCF #75D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2C9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2C9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CAA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CAA	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)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.098 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c3',
    500: '#2c9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9caa;
$custom-light: #79b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CAA

secondary

#C3786F

accent

#5746E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CAA

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

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