#2C9FA8#2C9FA8

#2C9FA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA8
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -27.85, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 31.08, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.091 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5016, 28.1564, 41.3924)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA8 #A8352C

analogous

#2CA873 #2C9FA8 #2C61A8

triadic

#2C9FA8 #A82C9F #9FA82C

tetradic

#2C9FA8 #732CA8 #A8352C #61A82C

square

#2C9FA8 #732CA8 #A8352C #61A82C

split-complementary

#2C9FA8 #A82C61 #A8732C

monochromatic

#134347 #1F7178 #2C9FA8 #43C4CE #74D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2C9FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#2C9FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA8

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA8	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc1',
    500: '#2c9fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa8;
$custom-light: #79bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64479,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA8

secondary

#C2746E

accent

#5146E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA8

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

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