#2C9E8D#2C9E8D

#2C9E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9E8D
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -35.30, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 35.30, 180.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.1023 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.102 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0709, 26.9102, 29.4359)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9E8D #9E2C3D

analogous

#2C9E54 #2C9E8D #2C769E

triadic

#2C9E8D #8D2C9E #9E8D2C

tetradic

#2C9E8D #542C9E #9E2C3D #769E2C

square

#2C9E8D #542C9E #9E2C3D #769E2C

split-complementary

#2C9E8D #9E2C76 #9E542C

monochromatic

#113E38 #1F6E62 #2C9E8D #3EC9B4 #6ED7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2C9E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2C9E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9E8D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9E8D	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbae',
    500: '#2c9e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9e8d;
$custom-light: #77bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.053,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9E8D

secondary

#BE6875

accent

#485FE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9E8D

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

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