#2C9CB2#2C9CB2

#2C9CB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CB2
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -23.17, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 30.81, 221.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0838 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.101 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9596, 27.5242, 46.3189)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CB2 #B2422C

analogous

#2CB285 #2C9CB2 #2C59B2

triadic

#2C9CB2 #B22C9C #9CB22C

tetradic

#2C9CB2 #852CB2 #B2422C #59B22C

square

#2C9CB2 #852CB2 #B2422C #59B22C

split-complementary

#2C9CB2 #B22C59 #B2852C

monochromatic

#144650 #207181 #2C9CB2 #49BCD2 #7ACEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2C9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2C9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CB2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CB2	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9c9',
    500: '#2c9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cb2;
$custom-light: #7ab9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CB2

secondary

#C68173

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CB2

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

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