#2C9FAE#2C9FAE

#2C9FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FAE
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -25.98, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 30.98, 213.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0884 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(21.0735, 28.3852, 44.4044)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FAE #AE3B2C

analogous

#2CAE7C #2C9FAE #2C5EAE

triadic

#2C9FAE #AE2C9F #9FAE2C

tetradic

#2C9FAE #7C2CAE #AE3B2C #5EAE2C

square

#2C9FAE #7C2CAE #AE3B2C #5EAE2C

split-complementary

#2C9FAE #AE2C5E #AE7C2C

monochromatic

#13464C #20727D #2C9FAE #47C1D0 #78D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#2C9FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#2C9FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FAE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FAE	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc6',
    500: '#2c9fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fae;
$custom-light: #7abbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64713,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FAE

secondary

#C57B71

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FAE

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

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