#2CA09C#2CA09C

#2CA09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA09C
RGB	rgb(44, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -31.96, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 32.75, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0974 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.099 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6075, 28.0751, 35.8317)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA09C #A02C30

analogous

#2CA062 #2CA09C #2C6AA0

triadic

#2CA09C #9C2CA0 #A09C2C

tetradic

#2CA09C #622CA0 #A02C30 #6AA02C

square

#2CA09C #622CA0 #A02C30 #6AA02C

split-complementary

#2CA09C #A02C6A #A0622C

monochromatic

#12403E #1F706D #2CA09C #3FCAC5 #6FD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2CA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2CA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA09C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA09C	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcb9',
    500: '#2ca09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca09c;
$custom-light: #78bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64292,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA09C

secondary

#BF696C

accent

#484DE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA09C

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

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