#2C9EA3#2C9EA3

#2C9EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA3
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -28.90, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 31.17, 202.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0922 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8735, 27.6312, 38.9292)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA3 #A3312C

analogous

#2CA36C #2C9EA3 #2C62A3

triadic

#2C9EA3 #A32C9E #9EA32C

tetradic

#2C9EA3 #6C2CA3 #A3312C #62A32C

square

#2C9EA3 #6C2CA3 #A3312C #62A32C

split-complementary

#2C9EA3 #A32C62 #A36C2C

monochromatic

#124143 #1F6F73 #2C9EA3 #41C6CC #71D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2C9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2C9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA3	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbe',
    500: '#2c9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea3;
$custom-light: #78bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64039,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA3

secondary

#C06E6B

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA3

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

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