#2CA5A2#2CA5A2

#2CA5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.102 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5A2
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -32.58, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 33.53, 193.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0998 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.102 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0124, 30.0519, 38.8686)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5A2 #A52C2F

analogous

#2CA565 #2CA5A2 #2C6BA5

triadic

#2CA5A2 #A22CA5 #A5A22C

tetradic

#2CA5A2 #652CA5 #A52C2F #6BA52C

square

#2CA5A2 #652CA5 #A52C2F #6BA52C

split-complementary

#2CA5A2 #A52C6B #A5652C

monochromatic

#124443 #1F7573 #2CA5A2 #42CDC9 #72D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#2CA5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#2CA5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5A2

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5A2	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.102 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0bd',
    500: '#2ca5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5a2;
$custom-light: #79c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65769,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5A2

secondary

#C16C6E

accent

#474BE1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5A2

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

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