#2C9FA6#2C9FA6

#2C9FA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA6
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -28.47, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 31.20, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0919 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3167, 28.0825, 40.4187)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA6 #A6332C

analogous

#2CA670 #2C9FA6 #2C62A6

triadic

#2C9FA6 #A62C9F #9FA62C

tetradic

#2C9FA6 #702CA6 #A6332C #62A62C

square

#2C9FA6 #702CA6 #A6332C #62A62C

split-complementary

#2C9FA6 #A62C62 #A6702C

monochromatic

#124245 #1F7176 #2C9FA6 #42C5CD #73D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2C9FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2C9FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA6	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcc0',
    500: '#2c9fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa6;
$custom-light: #79bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64403,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA6

secondary

#C1716D

accent

#4F46E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA6

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

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