#2C9EA9#2C9EA9

#2C9EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EA9
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -27.05, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 30.82, 208.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0896 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4238, 27.8513, 41.8279)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EA9 #A9372C

analogous

#2CA976 #2C9EA9 #2C60A9

triadic

#2C9EA9 #A92C9E #9EA92C

tetradic

#2C9EA9 #762CA9 #A9372C #60A92C

square

#2C9EA9 #762CA9 #A9372C #60A92C

split-complementary

#2C9EA9 #A92C60 #A9762C

monochromatic

#134348 #1F7178 #2C9EA9 #44C2CE #74D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2C9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2C9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EA9

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EA9	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc2',
    500: '#2c9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ea9;
$custom-light: #79bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64267,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EA9

secondary

#C3766E

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EA9

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

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