#2CA0A9#2CA0A9

#2CA0A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA0A9
RGB	rgb(44, 160, 169)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 5.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -28.04, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 31.27, 206.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0916 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7678, 28.5392, 41.9425)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA0A9 #A9352C

analogous

#2CA974 #2CA0A9 #2C62A9

triadic

#2CA0A9 #A92CA0 #A0A92C

tetradic

#2CA0A9 #742CA9 #A9352C #62A92C

square

#2CA0A9 #742CA9 #A9352C #62A92C

split-complementary

#2CA0A9 #A92C62 #A9742C

monochromatic

#134448 #1F7278 #2CA0A9 #44C4CE #74D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#2CA0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#2CA0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA0A9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA0A9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 160, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcc2',
    500: '#2ca0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca0a9;
$custom-light: #79bcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.32,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64768,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA0A9

secondary

#C3746E

accent

#5146E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA0A9

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

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