#2CA099#2CA099

#2CA099 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA099
RGB	rgb(44, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -32.84, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 33.30, 189.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0988 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.1 189)
XYZ	xyz(19.3566, 27.9747, 34.5103)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA099 #A02C33

analogous

#2CA05F #2CA099 #2C6DA0

triadic

#2CA099 #992CA0 #A0992C

tetradic

#2CA099 #5F2CA0 #A02C33 #6DA02C

square

#2CA099 #5F2CA0 #A02C33 #6DA02C

split-complementary

#2CA099 #A02C6D #A05F2C

monochromatic

#12403D #1F706B #2CA099 #3FCAC2 #6FD7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2CA099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2CA099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA099

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA099	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcb7',
    500: '#2ca099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca099;
$custom-light: #78bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64188,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA099

secondary

#BF696E

accent

#4851E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA099

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

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