#2C9EA2#2C9EA2

#2C9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA2
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -29.20, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 31.26, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0926 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.098 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7842, 27.5955, 38.4592)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA2 #A2302C

analogous

#2CA26B #2C9EA2 #2C63A2

triadic

#2C9EA2 #A22C9E #9EA22C

tetradic

#2C9EA2 #6B2CA2 #A2302C #63A22C

square

#2C9EA2 #6B2CA2 #A2302C #63A22C

split-complementary

#2C9EA2 #A22C63 #A26B2C

monochromatic

#124042 #1F6F72 #2C9EA2 #40C6CB #70D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2C9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2C9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA2

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA2	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9397A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbd',
    500: '#2c9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea2;
$custom-light: #78bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA2

secondary

#BF6D6A

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA2

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

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