#2C9D8F#2C9D8F

#2C9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9D8F
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -34.28, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 34.32, 182.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.1004 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.1 183)
XYZ	xyz(18.0512, 26.6305, 30.1701)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9D8F #9D2C3A

analogous

#2C9D56 #2C9D8F #2C739D

triadic

#2C9D8F #8F2C9D #9D8F2C

tetradic

#2C9D8F #562C9D #9D2C3A #739D2C

square

#2C9D8F #562C9D #9D2C3A #739D2C

split-complementary

#2C9D8F #9D2C73 #9D562C

monochromatic

#113D38 #1F6D63 #2C9D8F #3DC9B7 #6DD6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2C9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#2C9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9D8F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9D8F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77baaf',
    500: '#2c9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9d8f;
$custom-light: #77baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.566,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.26633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9D8F

secondary

#BD6872

accent

#485BE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9D8F

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

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