#2C9E89#2C9E89

#2C9E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9E89
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -36.39, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 36.44, 177.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1043 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.104 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7787, 26.7933, 27.8967)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9E89 #9E2C41

analogous

#2C9E50 #2C9E89 #2C7A9E

triadic

#2C9E89 #892C9E #9E892C

tetradic

#2C9E89 #502C9E #9E2C41 #7A9E2C

square

#2C9E89 #502C9E #9E2C41 #7A9E2C

split-complementary

#2C9E89 #9E2C7A #9E502C

monochromatic

#113E36 #1F6E5F #2C9E89 #3EC9B0 #6ED7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2C9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#2C9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9E89

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9E89	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbab',
    500: '#2c9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9e89;
$custom-light: #76bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.947,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9E89

secondary

#BE6878

accent

#4864E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9E89

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

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