#2C9FA1#2C9FA1

#2C9FA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA1
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -29.99, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 31.67, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0941 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8670, 27.9026, 38.0500)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA1 #A12E2C

analogous

#2CA169 #2C9FA1 #2C64A1

triadic

#2C9FA1 #A12C9F #9FA12C

tetradic

#2C9FA1 #692CA1 #A12E2C #64A12C

square

#2C9FA1 #692CA1 #A12E2C #64A12C

split-complementary

#2C9FA1 #A12C64 #A1692C

monochromatic

#124041 #1F7071 #2C9FA1 #40C8CB #70D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#2C9FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA1

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA1	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbc',
    500: '#2c9fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa1;
$custom-light: #78bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64217,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA1

secondary

#BF6B6A

accent

#4A47E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA1

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

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