#2CA496#2CA496

#2CA496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.104 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA496
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -35.56, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 35.62, 183.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.1043 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.105 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8165, 29.2860, 33.4566)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA496 #A42C3A

analogous

#2CA45A #2CA496 #2C76A4

triadic

#2CA496 #962CA4 #A4962C

tetradic

#2CA496 #5A2CA4 #A42C3A #76A42C

square

#2CA496 #5A2CA4 #A42C3A #76A42C

split-complementary

#2CA496 #A42C76 #A45A2C

monochromatic

#12433E #1F746A #2CA496 #41CCBC #71D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#2CA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#2CA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA496

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA496	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.104 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfb4',
    500: '#2ca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca496;
$custom-light: #78bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6511,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA496

secondary

#C06B75

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA496

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

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