#2C9EB3#2C9EB3

#2C9EB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.102 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EB3
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -23.87, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 31.07, 219.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0854 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.102 213)
XYZ	xyz(21.3988, 28.2413, 46.9624)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EB3 #B3412C

analogous

#2CB384 #2C9EB3 #2C5AB3

triadic

#2C9EB3 #B32C9E #9EB32C

tetradic

#2C9EB3 #842CB3 #B3412C #5AB32C

square

#2C9EB3 #842CB3 #B3412C #5AB32C

split-complementary

#2C9EB3 #B32C5A #B3842C

monochromatic

#144751 #207382 #2C9EB3 #4ABDD2 #7BCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2C9EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2C9EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EB3

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EB3	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.102 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc9',
    500: '#2c9eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9eb3;
$custom-light: #7abbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64668,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.28244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EB3

secondary

#C78174

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EB3

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

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