#2C9DA9#2C9DA9

#2C9DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DA9
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -26.54, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 30.61, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0886 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.098 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2540, 27.5116, 41.7712)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DA9 #A9382C

analogous

#2CA977 #2C9DA9 #2C5FA9

triadic

#2C9DA9 #A92C9D #9DA92C

tetradic

#2C9DA9 #772CA9 #A9382C #5FA92C

square

#2C9DA9 #772CA9 #A9382C #5FA92C

split-complementary

#2C9DA9 #A92C5F #A9772C

monochromatic

#134348 #1F7078 #2C9DA9 #44C1CE #74D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2C9DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2C9DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DA9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DA9	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)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac2',
    500: '#2c9da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9da9;
$custom-light: #79bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.76,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DA9

secondary

#C3766E

accent

#5546E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DA9

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

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