#2CA4A9#2CA4A9

#2CA4A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA4A9
RGB	rgb(44, 164, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -30.00, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 32.31, 201.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0956 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.101 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4724, 29.9484, 42.1774)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA4A9 #A9312C

analogous

#2CA970 #2CA4A9 #2C66A9

triadic

#2CA4A9 #A92CA4 #A4A92C

tetradic

#2CA4A9 #702CA9 #A9312C #66A92C

square

#2CA4A9 #702CA9 #A9312C #66A92C

split-complementary

#2CA4A9 #A92C66 #A9702C

monochromatic

#134648 #1F7578 #2CA4A9 #44C9CE #74D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#2CA4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#2CA4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA4A9

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA4A9	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 164, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abfc2',
    500: '#2ca4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca4a9;
$custom-light: #7abfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65769,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA4A9

secondary

#C3726E

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA4A9

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

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