#2C9FB4#2C9FB4

#2C9FB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.102 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FB4
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -24.06, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 31.25, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0859 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.102 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6715, 28.6244, 47.5541)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FB4 #B4412C

analogous

#2CB485 #2C9FB4 #2C5BB4

triadic

#2C9FB4 #B42C9F #9FB42C

tetradic

#2C9FB4 #852CB4 #B4412C #5BB42C

square

#2C9FB4 #852CB4 #B4412C #5BB42C

split-complementary

#2C9FB4 #B42C5B #B4852C

monochromatic

#144852 #207483 #2C9FB4 #4ABED3 #7CD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2C9FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#2C9FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FB4

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FB4	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.102 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbca',
    500: '#2c9fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fb4;
$custom-light: #7bbbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64956,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FB4

secondary

#C78175

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FB4

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

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