#2C9EA4#2C9EA4

#2C9EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA4
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -28.59, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 31.09, 203.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0918 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9634, 27.6671, 39.4029)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA4 #A4322C

analogous

#2CA46E #2C9EA4 #2C62A4

triadic

#2C9EA4 #A42C9E #9EA42C

tetradic

#2C9EA4 #6E2CA4 #A4322C #62A42C

square

#2C9EA4 #6E2CA4 #A4322C #62A42C

split-complementary

#2C9EA4 #A42C62 #A46E2C

monochromatic

#124143 #1F7074 #2C9EA4 #41C5CC #71D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2C9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2C9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA4	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9297A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbbf',
    500: '#2c9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea4;
$custom-light: #79bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64076,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA4

secondary

#C0706B

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA4

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

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