#2C9EAE#2C9EAE

#2C9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EAE
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -25.47, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 30.81, 214.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0874 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.1 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9022, 28.0427, 44.3473)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EAE #AE3C2C

analogous

#2CAE7D #2C9EAE #2C5DAE

triadic

#2C9EAE #AE2C9E #9EAE2C

tetradic

#2C9EAE #7D2CAE #AE3C2C #5DAE2C

square

#2C9EAE #7D2CAE #AE3C2C #5DAE2C

split-complementary

#2C9EAE #AE2C5D #AE7D2C

monochromatic

#13454C #20727D #2C9EAE #47BFD0 #78D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2C9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EAE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EAE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc6',
    500: '#2c9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9eae;
$custom-light: #7abbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64464,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EAE

secondary

#C57B71

accent

#5845E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EAE

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

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