#2C9DA8#2C9DA8

#2C9DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DA8
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -26.86, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 30.63, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.089 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.098 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1604, 27.4742, 41.2787)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DA8 #A8372C

analogous

#2CA875 #2C9DA8 #2C5FA8

triadic

#2C9DA8 #A82C9D #9DA82C

tetradic

#2C9DA8 #752CA8 #A8372C #5FA82C

square

#2C9DA8 #752CA8 #A8372C #5FA82C

split-complementary

#2C9DA8 #A82C5F #A8752C

monochromatic

#134247 #1F7078 #2C9DA8 #43C2CE #74D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2C9DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2C9DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DA8

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DA8	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac1',
    500: '#2c9da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9da8;
$custom-light: #79bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.323,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63978,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DA8

secondary

#C2756E

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DA8

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

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