#2C9EB4#2C9EB4

#2C9EB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.102 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EB4
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -23.55, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 31.16, 220.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0849 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.102 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5003, 28.2819, 47.4970)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EB4 #B4422C

analogous

#2CB486 #2C9EB4 #2C5AB4

triadic

#2C9EB4 #B42C9E #9EB42C

tetradic

#2C9EB4 #862CB4 #B4422C #5AB42C

square

#2C9EB4 #862CB4 #B4422C #5AB42C

split-complementary

#2C9EB4 #B42C5A #B4862C

monochromatic

#144852 #207383 #2C9EB4 #4ABDD3 #7CCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2C9EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2C9EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EB4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EB4	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.102 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbca',
    500: '#2c9eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9eb4;
$custom-light: #7abbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64709,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EB4

secondary

#C78275

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EB4

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

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