#2CA5A1#2CA5A1

#2CA5A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5A1
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 161)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -32.87, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 33.69, 192.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.1002 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.102 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9239, 30.0164, 38.4023)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5A1 #A52C30

analogous

#2CA564 #2CA5A1 #2C6CA5

triadic

#2CA5A1 #A12CA5 #A5A12C

tetradic

#2CA5A1 #642CA5 #A52C30 #6CA52C

square

#2CA5A1 #642CA5 #A52C30 #6CA52C

split-complementary

#2CA5A1 #A52C6C #A5642C

monochromatic

#124443 #1F7572 #2CA5A1 #42CDC8 #72D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#2CA5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#2CA5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5A1

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5A1	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0bc',
    500: '#2ca5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5a1;
$custom-light: #79c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65734,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5A1

secondary

#C16C6F

accent

#474CE1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5A1

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

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