#2C9DA5#2C9DA5

#2C9DA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DA5
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -27.79, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 30.76, 205.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0903 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8842, 27.3637, 39.8238)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DA5 #A5342C

analogous

#2CA570 #2C9DA5 #2C60A5

triadic

#2C9DA5 #A52C9D #9DA52C

tetradic

#2C9DA5 #702CA5 #A5342C #60A52C

square

#2C9DA5 #702CA5 #A5342C #60A52C

split-complementary

#2C9DA5 #A52C60 #A5702C

monochromatic

#124144 #1F6F75 #2C9DA5 #42C3CD #72D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2C9DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2C9DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DA5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DA5	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)

#9196A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79babf',
    500: '#2c9da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9da5;
$custom-light: #79babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.967,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DA5

secondary

#C1726C

accent

#5147E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DA5

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

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