#2CA0A8#2CA0A8

#2CA0A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA0A8
RGB	rgb(44, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -28.35, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 31.33, 205.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.092 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6742, 28.5018, 41.4500)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA0A8 #A8342C

analogous

#2CA872 #2CA0A8 #2C62A8

triadic

#2CA0A8 #A82CA0 #A0A82C

tetradic

#2CA0A8 #722CA8 #A8342C #62A82C

square

#2CA0A8 #722CA8 #A8342C #62A82C

split-complementary

#2CA0A8 #A82C62 #A8722C

monochromatic

#134447 #1F7278 #2CA0A8 #43C5CE #74D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#2CA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#2CA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA0A8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA0A8	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcc1',
    500: '#2ca0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca0a8;
$custom-light: #79bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64729,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA0A8

secondary

#C2736E

accent

#5046E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA0A8

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

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