#2C9EA1#2C9EA1

#2C9EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA1
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -29.51, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 31.37, 199.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0931 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6957, 27.5601, 37.9929)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA1 #A12F2C

analogous

#2CA169 #2C9EA1 #2C64A1

triadic

#2C9EA1 #A12C9E #9EA12C

tetradic

#2C9EA1 #692CA1 #A12F2C #64A12C

square

#2C9EA1 #692CA1 #A12F2C #64A12C

split-complementary

#2C9EA1 #A12C64 #A1692C

monochromatic

#124041 #1F6F71 #2C9EA1 #40C7CB #70D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2C9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2C9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA1

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA1	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbc',
    500: '#2c9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea1;
$custom-light: #78bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA1

secondary

#BF6C6A

accent

#4B47E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA1

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

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