#2C9EAD#2C9EAD

#2C9EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EAD
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -25.79, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 30.79, 213.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0879 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(20.8051, 28.0038, 43.8358)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EAD #AD3B2C

analogous

#2CAD7C #2C9EAD #2C5DAD

triadic

#2C9EAD #AD2C9E #9EAD2C

tetradic

#2C9EAD #7C2CAD #AD3B2C #5DAD2C

square

#2C9EAD #7C2CAD #AD3B2C #5DAD2C

split-complementary

#2C9EAD #AD2C5D #AD7C2C

monochromatic

#13454B #20717C #2C9EAD #46C0D0 #77D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2C9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EAD

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EAD	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc5',
    500: '#2c9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ead;
$custom-light: #7abbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64424,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.28006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EAD

secondary

#C47A71

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EAD

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

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