#2CA3A8#2CA3A8

#2CA3A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.101 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA3A8
RGB	rgb(44, 163, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -29.82, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 32.12, 201.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0951 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.101 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2006, 29.5545, 41.6254)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA3A8 #A8312C

analogous

#2CA86F #2CA3A8 #2C65A8

triadic

#2CA3A8 #A82CA3 #A3A82C

tetradic

#2CA3A8 #6F2CA8 #A8312C #65A82C

square

#2CA3A8 #6F2CA8 #A8312C #65A82C

split-complementary

#2CA3A8 #A82C65 #A86F2C

monochromatic

#134547 #1F7478 #2CA3A8 #43C8CE #74D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#2CA3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#2CA3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA3A8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA3A8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 163, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.101 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abec1',
    500: '#2ca3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca3a8;
$custom-light: #7abec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65482,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA3A8

secondary

#C2716E

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA3A8

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

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