#2CA497#2CA497

#2CA497 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.104 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA497
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -35.28, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 35.38, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.1038 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.104 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8974, 29.3184, 33.8825)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA497 #A42C39

analogous

#2CA45B #2CA497 #2C75A4

triadic

#2CA497 #972CA4 #A4972C

tetradic

#2CA497 #5B2CA4 #A42C39 #75A42C

square

#2CA497 #5B2CA4 #A42C39 #75A42C

split-complementary

#2CA497 #A42C75 #A45B2C

monochromatic

#12433E #1F746B #2CA497 #41CCBD #71D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#2CA497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#2CA497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA497

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA497	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)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.104 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfb5',
    500: '#2ca497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca497;
$custom-light: #78bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65142,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA497

secondary

#C06B75

accent

#4758E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA497

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

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