#2C9E88#2C9E88

#2C9E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9E88
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -36.66, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 36.74, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.1047 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.105 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7073, 26.7647, 27.5207)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9E88 #9E2C42

analogous

#2C9E4F #2C9E88 #2C7B9E

triadic

#2C9E88 #882C9E #9E882C

tetradic

#2C9E88 #4F2C9E #9E2C42 #7B9E2C

square

#2C9E88 #4F2C9E #9E2C42 #7B9E2C

split-complementary

#2C9E88 #9E2C7B #9E4F2C

monochromatic

#113E36 #1F6E5F #2C9E88 #3EC9AE #6ED7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2C9E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#2C9E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9E88

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9E88	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbaa',
    500: '#2c9e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9e88;
$custom-light: #76bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.421,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63125,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9E88

secondary

#BE6879

accent

#4865E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9E88

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

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