#2C9FAA#2C9FAA

#2C9FAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FAA
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -27.23, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 31.01, 208.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0902 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6893, 28.2315, 42.3812)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FAA #AA372C

analogous

#2CAA76 #2C9FAA #2C60AA

triadic

#2C9FAA #AA2C9F #9FAA2C

tetradic

#2C9FAA #762CAA #AA372C #60AA2C

square

#2C9FAA #762CAA #AA372C #60AA2C

split-complementary

#2C9FAA #AA2C60 #AA762C

monochromatic

#134449 #1F7279 #2C9FAA #44C3CF #75D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2C9FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2C9FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FAA

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FAA	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc3',
    500: '#2c9faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9faa;
$custom-light: #79bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FAA

secondary

#C3766F

accent

#5346E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FAA

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

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