#2C9EA5#2C9EA5

#2C9EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA5
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -28.28, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 31.01, 204.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0913 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0541, 27.7034, 39.8804)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA5 #A5332C

analogous

#2CA56F #2C9EA5 #2C61A5

triadic

#2C9EA5 #A52C9E #9EA52C

tetradic

#2C9EA5 #6F2CA5 #A5332C #61A52C

square

#2C9EA5 #6F2CA5 #A5332C #61A52C

split-complementary

#2C9EA5 #A52C61 #A56F2C

monochromatic

#124144 #1F7075 #2C9EA5 #42C4CD #72D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2C9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2C9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA5

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA5	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbbf',
    500: '#2c9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea5;
$custom-light: #79bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA5

secondary

#C1716C

accent

#5047E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA5

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

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