#2CA3AE#2CA3AE

#2CA3AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA3AE
RGB	rgb(44, 163, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -27.98, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 31.75, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0925 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7725, 29.7832, 44.6374)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA3AE #AE372C

analogous

#2CAE78 #2CA3AE #2C62AE

triadic

#2CA3AE #AE2CA3 #A3AE2C

tetradic

#2CA3AE #782CAE #AE372C #62AE2C

square

#2CA3AE #782CAE #AE372C #62AE2C

split-complementary

#2CA3AE #AE2C62 #AE782C

monochromatic

#13474C #20757D #2CA3AE #47C5D0 #78D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#2CA3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#2CA3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA3AE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA3AE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 163, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abec6',
    500: '#2ca3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca3ae;
$custom-light: #7abec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65709,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA3AE

secondary

#C57871

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA3AE

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

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