#2D9CA8#2D9CA8

#2D9CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D9CA8
RGB	rgb(45, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -26.23, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 30.30, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0876 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.097 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0354, 27.1596, 41.2246)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D9CA8 #A8392D

analogous

#2DA877 #2D9CA8 #2D5FA8

triadic

#2D9CA8 #A82D9C #9CA82D

tetradic

#2D9CA8 #772DA8 #A8392D #5FA82D

square

#2D9CA8 #772DA8 #A8392D #5FA82D

split-complementary

#2D9CA8 #A82D5F #A8772D

monochromatic

#134247 #206F78 #2D9CA8 #45C0CD #75D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2D9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2D9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D9CA8

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D9CA8	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c1',
    500: '#2d9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d9ca8;
$custom-light: #79b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6375,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D9CA8

secondary

#C2776F

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D9CA8

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

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