#2C9EA8#2C9EA8

#2C9EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA8
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -27.36, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 30.85, 207.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.09 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3303, 27.8139, 41.3353)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA8 #A8362C

analogous

#2CA874 #2C9EA8 #2C60A8

triadic

#2C9EA8 #A82C9E #9EA82C

tetradic

#2C9EA8 #742CA8 #A8362C #60A82C

square

#2C9EA8 #742CA8 #A8362C #60A82C

split-complementary

#2C9EA8 #A82C60 #A8742C

monochromatic

#134347 #1F7078 #2C9EA8 #43C3CE #74D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2C9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#2C9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc1',
    500: '#2c9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea8;
$custom-light: #79bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA8

secondary

#C2746E

accent

#5346E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA8

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

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