#2C9CAC#2C9CAC

#2C9CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CAC
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -25.09, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 30.45, 214.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0863 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.099 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3703, 27.2885, 43.2153)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CAC #AC3C2C

analogous

#2CAC7C #2C9CAC #2C5CAC

triadic

#2C9CAC #AC2C9C #9CAC2C

tetradic

#2C9CAC #7C2CAC #AC3C2C #5CAC2C

square

#2C9CAC #7C2CAC #AC3C2C #5CAC2C

split-complementary

#2C9CAC #AC2C5C #AC7C2C

monochromatic

#13444B #20707B #2C9CAC #46BED0 #76CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2C9CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2C9CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CAC

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CAC	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c4',
    500: '#2c9cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cac;
$custom-light: #79b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63886,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CAC

secondary

#C47A70

accent

#5945E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CAC

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

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