#2CA599#2CA599

#2CA599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA599
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -35.17, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 35.32, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.1039 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.104 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2409, 29.7432, 34.8051)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA599 #A52C38

analogous

#2CA55C #2CA599 #2C74A5

triadic

#2CA599 #992CA5 #A5992C

tetradic

#2CA599 #5C2CA5 #A52C38 #74A52C

square

#2CA599 #5C2CA5 #A52C38 #74A52C

split-complementary

#2CA599 #A52C74 #A55C2C

monochromatic

#12443F #1F756C #2CA599 #42CDBF #72D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#2CA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#2CA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA599

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA599	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0b7',
    500: '#2ca599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca599;
$custom-light: #79c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.05,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA599

secondary

#C16C74

accent

#4756E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA599

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

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