#2CA5A9#2CA5A9

#2CA5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5A9
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -30.49, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 32.59, 200.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0966 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.102 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6520, 30.3077, 42.2373)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5A9 #A9302C

analogous

#2CA96F #2CA5A9 #2C67A9

triadic

#2CA5A9 #A92CA5 #A5A92C

tetradic

#2CA5A9 #6F2CA9 #A9302C #67A92C

square

#2CA5A9 #6F2CA9 #A9302C #67A92C

split-complementary

#2CA5A9 #A92C67 #A96F2C

monochromatic

#134648 #1F7678 #2CA5A9 #44CACE #74D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#2CA5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#2CA5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5A9

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5A9	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0c2',
    500: '#2ca5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5a9;
$custom-light: #7ac0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6602,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5A9

secondary

#C3716E

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5A9

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

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