#2CA591#2CA591

#2CA591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA591
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -37.39, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 37.40, 178.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.1077 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.108 179)
XYZ	xyz(19.6021, 29.4878, 31.4412)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA591 #A52C40

analogous

#2CA554 #2CA591 #2C7CA5

triadic

#2CA591 #912CA5 #A5912C

tetradic

#2CA591 #542CA5 #A52C40 #7CA52C

square

#2CA591 #542CA5 #A52C40 #7CA52C

split-complementary

#2CA591 #A52C7C #A5542C

monochromatic

#12443C #1F7567 #2CA591 #42CDB6 #72D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#2CA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#2CA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA591

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA591	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0b1',
    500: '#2ca591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca591;
$custom-light: #78c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.083,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65208,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.2949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA591

secondary

#C16C7A

accent

#4760E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA591

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

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