#2C9F8F#2C9F8F

#2C9F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9F8F
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -35.20, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 35.21, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.1024 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.102 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3924, 27.3128, 30.2838)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9F8F #9F2C3C

analogous

#2C9F55 #2C9F8F #2C769F

triadic

#2C9F8F #8F2C9F #9F8F2C

tetradic

#2C9F8F #552C9F #9F2C3C #769F2C

square

#2C9F8F #552C9F #9F2C3C #769F2C

split-complementary

#2C9F8F #9F2C76 #9F552C

monochromatic

#113F39 #1F6F64 #2C9F8F #3ECAB6 #6ED7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2C9F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2C9F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9F8F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9F8F	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcaf',
    500: '#2c9f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9f8f;
$custom-light: #77bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9F8F

secondary

#BE6975

accent

#485DE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9F8F

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

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