#2C9EAB#2C9EAB

#2C9EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EAB
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -26.42, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 30.79, 210.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0887 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.099 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6130, 27.9270, 42.8242)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EAB #AB392C

analogous

#2CAB79 #2C9EAB #2C5EAB

triadic

#2C9EAB #AB2C9E #9EAB2C

tetradic

#2C9EAB #792CAB #AB392C #5EAB2C

square

#2C9EAB #792CAB #AB392C #5EAB2C

split-complementary

#2C9EAB #AB2C5E #AB792C

monochromatic

#13444A #1F717A #2C9EAB #45C1CF #76D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2C9EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EAB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EAB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2c9eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9eab;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64345,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EAB

secondary

#C3786F

accent

#5646E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EAB

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

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