#2CA5A5#2CA5A5

#2CA5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5A5
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -31.69, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 33.07, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0984 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.102 195)
XYZ	xyz(21.2823, 30.1598, 40.2898)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5A5 #A52C2C

analogous

#2CA568 #2CA5A5 #2C68A5

triadic

#2CA5A5 #A52CA5 #A5A52C

tetradic

#2CA5A5 #682CA5 #A52C2C #68A52C

square

#2CA5A5 #682CA5 #A52C2C #68A52C

split-complementary

#2CA5A5 #A52C68 #A5682C

monochromatic

#124444 #1F7575 #2CA5A5 #42CDCD #72D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#2CA5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#2CA5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5A5

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5A5	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0bf',
    500: '#2ca5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5a5;
$custom-light: #7ac0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65875,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.30162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5A5

secondary

#C16C6C

accent

#4747E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5A5

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

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