#2C9DA4#2C9DA4

#2C9DA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DA4
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -28.10, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 30.82, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0907 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7935, 27.3274, 39.3463)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DA4 #A4332C

analogous

#2CA46F #2C9DA4 #2C61A4

triadic

#2C9DA4 #A42C9D #9DA42C

tetradic

#2C9DA4 #6F2CA4 #A4332C #61A42C

square

#2C9DA4 #6F2CA4 #A4332C #61A42C

split-complementary

#2C9DA4 #A42C61 #A46F2C

monochromatic

#124143 #1F6F74 #2C9DA4 #41C4CC #71D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2C9DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2C9DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DA4

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DA4	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78babf',
    500: '#2c9da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9da4;
$custom-light: #78babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DA4

secondary

#C0706B

accent

#5047E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DA4

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

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