#2C9DAE#2C9DAE

#2C9DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DAE
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -24.96, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 30.67, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0864 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.1 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7323, 27.7029, 44.2907)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DAE #AE3D2C

analogous

#2CAE7E #2C9DAE #2C5CAE

triadic

#2C9DAE #AE2C9D #9DAE2C

tetradic

#2C9DAE #7E2CAE #AE3D2C #5CAE2C

square

#2C9DAE #7E2CAE #AE3D2C #5CAE2C

split-complementary

#2C9DAE #AE2C5C #AE7E2C

monochromatic

#13454C #20717D #2C9DAE #47BED0 #78D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2C9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2C9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DAE

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DAE	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abac6',
    500: '#2c9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9dae;
$custom-light: #7abac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64216,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DAE

secondary

#C57C71

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DAE

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

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