#2CA4A0#2CA4A0

#2CA4A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.102 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA4A0
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -32.69, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 33.51, 192.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0997 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.102 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6564, 29.6220, 37.8798)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA4A0 #A42C30

analogous

#2CA464 #2CA4A0 #2C6CA4

triadic

#2CA4A0 #A02CA4 #A4A02C

tetradic

#2CA4A0 #642CA4 #A42C30 #6CA42C

square

#2CA4A0 #642CA4 #A42C30 #6CA42C

split-complementary

#2CA4A0 #A42C6C #A4642C

monochromatic

#124342 #1F7471 #2CA4A0 #41CCC7 #71D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#2CA4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#2CA4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA4A0

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA4A0	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.102 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bfbc',
    500: '#2ca4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca4a0;
$custom-light: #79bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65446,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA4A0

secondary

#C06B6E

accent

#474CE1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA4A0

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

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