#2C9FA9#2C9FA9

#2C9FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA9
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -27.54, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 31.04, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0906 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5951, 28.1939, 41.8849)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA9 #A9362C

analogous

#2CA975 #2C9FA9 #2C61A9

triadic

#2C9FA9 #A92C9F #9FA92C

tetradic

#2C9FA9 #752CA9 #A9362C #61A92C

square

#2C9FA9 #752CA9 #A9362C #61A92C

split-complementary

#2C9FA9 #A92C61 #A9752C

monochromatic

#134448 #1F7178 #2C9FA9 #44C3CE #74D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2C9FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#2C9FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA9

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA9	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc2',
    500: '#2c9fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa9;
$custom-light: #79bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64517,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA9

secondary

#C3756E

accent

#5246E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA9

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

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