#2c9191

Color #2c9191

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 3.84 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2c9191

RGB

rgb(44, 145, 145)

HSL

hsl(180, 53.4%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 69.7%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(54.9, -27.95, -8.39)

LCH

lch(54.9, 29.18, 196.71)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0899, 195.03)

HWB

hwb(180, 17.3%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#912c2c

Analogous

#2c915f

#2c9191

#2c5f91

Triadic

#2c9191

#912c91

#91912c

Split-complementary

#2c9191

#912c5f

#915f2c

Tetradic

#2c9191

#2c2c91

#912c2c

#91912c

Square

#2c9191

#5f2c91

#912c2c

#5f912c

Shades

Color #2c9191 mixed toward black.

#257979

#1d6161

#164949

#0f3030

#071818

Tints

Color #2c9191 mixed toward white.

#39baba

#5bcdcd

#84dada

#ade6e6

#d6f3f3

Tones

Color #2c9191 mixed toward gray.

#358989

#3d8080

#457878

#4e6f6f

#566767

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676891 · ΔE 28.9

Deuteranopia

#625a91 · ΔE 32.8

Tritanopia

#379191 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2c9191;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2c9191]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#2c9191 (#2c9191) is rgb(44, 145, 145) in RGB.

No, #2c9191 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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