#2C9E8E#2C9E8E

#2C9E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9E8E
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -35.02, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 35.03, 181.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1019 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.102 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1457, 26.9401, 29.8296)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9E8E #9E2C3C

analogous

#2C9E55 #2C9E8E #2C759E

triadic

#2C9E8E #8E2C9E #9E8E2C

tetradic

#2C9E8E #552C9E #9E2C3C #759E2C

square

#2C9E8E #552C9E #9E2C3C #759E2C

split-complementary

#2C9E8E #9E2C75 #9E552C

monochromatic

#113E38 #1F6E63 #2C9E8E #3EC9B6 #6ED7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2C9E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2C9E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9E8E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9E8E	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbaf',
    500: '#2c9e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9e8e;
$custom-light: #77bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9E8E

secondary

#BE6874

accent

#485DE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9E8E

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

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