#2CA1A8#2CA1A8

#2CA1A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA1A8
RGB	rgb(44, 161, 168)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -28.84, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 31.58, 204.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.093 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(20.8483, 28.8499, 41.5080)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA1A8 #A8332C

analogous

#2CA871 #2CA1A8 #2C63A8

triadic

#2CA1A8 #A82CA1 #A1A82C

tetradic

#2CA1A8 #712CA8 #A8332C #63A82C

square

#2CA1A8 #712CA8 #A8332C #63A82C

split-complementary

#2CA1A8 #A82C63 #A8712C

monochromatic

#134447 #1F7378 #2CA1A8 #43C6CE #74D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#2CA1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#2CA1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA1A8

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA1A8	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 161, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bdc1',
    500: '#2ca1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca1a8;
$custom-light: #79bdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6498,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.28852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA1A8

secondary

#C2726E

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA1A8

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

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