#2CA495#2CA495

#2CA495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA495
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -35.84, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 35.87, 182.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.1048 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.105 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7364, 29.2540, 33.0344)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA495 #A42C3B

analogous

#2CA459 #2CA495 #2C77A4

triadic

#2CA495 #952CA4 #A4952C

tetradic

#2CA495 #592CA4 #A42C3B #77A42C

square

#2CA495 #592CA4 #A42C3B #77A42C

split-complementary

#2CA495 #A42C77 #A4592C

monochromatic

#12433D #1F7469 #2CA495 #41CCBB #71D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#2CA495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#2CA495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA495

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA495	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfb4',
    500: '#2ca495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca495;
$custom-light: #78bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65077,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA495

secondary

#C06B76

accent

#475AE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA495

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

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