#2C9FA5#2C9FA5

#2C9FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.098 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA5
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -28.78, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 31.28, 203.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0923 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.098 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2253, 28.0459, 39.9375)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA5 #A5322C

analogous

#2CA56E #2C9FA5 #2C62A5

triadic

#2C9FA5 #A52C9F #9FA52C

tetradic

#2C9FA5 #6E2CA5 #A5322C #62A52C

square

#2C9FA5 #6E2CA5 #A5322C #62A52C

split-complementary

#2C9FA5 #A52C62 #A56E2C

monochromatic

#124244 #1F7075 #2C9FA5 #42C6CD #72D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2C9FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA5

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA5	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.098 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcbf',
    500: '#2c9fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa5;
$custom-light: #79bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64365,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA5

secondary

#C1706C

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA5

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

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