#2C9F8A#2C9F8A

#2C9F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9F8A
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -36.57, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 36.62, 177.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.1048 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.105 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0220, 27.1646, 28.3333)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9F8A #9F2C41

analogous

#2C9F50 #2C9F8A #2C7B9F

triadic

#2C9F8A #8A2C9F #9F8A2C

tetradic

#2C9F8A #502C9F #9F2C41 #7B9F2C

square

#2C9F8A #502C9F #9F2C41 #7B9F2C

split-complementary

#2C9F8A #9F2C7B #9F502C

monochromatic

#113F37 #1F6F60 #2C9F8A #3ECAB0 #6ED7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2C9F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2C9F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9F8A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9F8A	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcac',
    500: '#2c9f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9f8a;
$custom-light: #76bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.043,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63445,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9F8A

secondary

#BE6978

accent

#4864E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9F8A

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

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