#2C9CAE#2C9CAE

#2C9CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CAE
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -24.45, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 30.53, 216.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0854 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.099 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5639, 27.3659, 44.2346)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CAE #AE3E2C

analogous

#2CAE7F #2C9CAE #2C5BAE

triadic

#2C9CAE #AE2C9C #9CAE2C

tetradic

#2C9CAE #7F2CAE #AE3E2C #5BAE2C

square

#2C9CAE #7F2CAE #AE3E2C #5BAE2C

split-complementary

#2C9CAE #AE2C5B #AE7F2C

monochromatic

#13444C #20707D #2C9CAE #47BDD0 #78CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2C9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2C9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CAE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CAE	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9c6',
    500: '#2c9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cae;
$custom-light: #7ab9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63967,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CAE

secondary

#C57D71

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CAE

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

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