#2C9FAB#2C9FAB

#2C9FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FAB
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -26.92, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 30.98, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0897 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7843, 28.2695, 42.8813)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FAB #AB382C

analogous

#2CAB77 #2C9FAB #2C60AB

triadic

#2C9FAB #AB2C9F #9FAB2C

tetradic

#2C9FAB #772CAB #AB382C #60AB2C

square

#2C9FAB #772CAB #AB382C #60AB2C

split-complementary

#2C9FAB #AB2C60 #AB772C

monochromatic

#13444A #1F727A #2C9FAB #45C2CF #76D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2C9FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2C9FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FAB

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FAB	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)

#9298AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2c9fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fab;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64595,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FAB

secondary

#C3776F

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FAB

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

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