#2C9F79#2C9F79

#2C9F79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9F79
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -40.92, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 42.33, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.1131 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.116 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8862, 26.7103, 22.3511)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9F79 #9F2C52

analogous

#2C9F40 #2C9F79 #2C8B9F

triadic

#2C9F79 #792C9F #9F792C

tetradic

#2C9F79 #402C9F #9F2C52 #8B9F2C

square

#2C9F79 #402C9F #9F2C52 #8B9F2C

split-complementary

#2C9F79 #9F2C8B #9F402C

monochromatic

#113F30 #1F6F55 #2C9F79 #3ECA9C #6ED7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2C9F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#2C9F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9F79

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9F79	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bc9f',
    500: '#2c9f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9f79;
$custom-light: #76bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.174,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62961,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9F79

secondary

#BE6985

accent

#487AE0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9F79

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

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