#2CA4A8#2CA4A8

#2CA4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.101 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA4A8
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -30.31, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 32.40, 200.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0961 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.101 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3789, 29.9110, 41.6848)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA4A8 #A8302C

analogous

#2CA86E #2CA4A8 #2C66A8

triadic

#2CA4A8 #A82CA4 #A4A82C

tetradic

#2CA4A8 #6E2CA8 #A8302C #66A82C

square

#2CA4A8 #6E2CA8 #A8302C #66A82C

split-complementary

#2CA4A8 #A82C66 #A86E2C

monochromatic

#134547 #1F7578 #2CA4A8 #43C9CE #74D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#2CA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#2CA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA4A8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA4A8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.101 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abfc1',
    500: '#2ca4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca4a8;
$custom-light: #7abfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65732,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA4A8

secondary

#C2706E

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA4A8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →