#2CA279#2CA279

#2CA279 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA279
RGB	rgb(44, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -42.20, 12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 43.92, 163.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.1162 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.12 165)
XYZ	xyz(17.4083, 27.7546, 22.5252)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA279 #A22C55

analogous

#2CA23E #2CA279 #2C90A2

triadic

#2CA279 #792CA2 #A2792C

tetradic

#2CA279 #3E2CA2 #A22C55 #90A22C

square

#2CA279 #3E2CA2 #A22C55 #90A22C

split-complementary

#2CA279 #A22C90 #A23E2C

monochromatic

#124231 #1F7255 #2CA279 #40CB9B #70D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2CA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#2CA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA279

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA279	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76be9f',
    500: '#2ca279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca279;
$custom-light: #76be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.153,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63749,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA279

secondary

#BF6A88

accent

#477DE1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA279

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

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