#2CA5B0#2CA5B0

#2CA5B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.103 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5B0
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 176)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 6.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -28.34, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 32.12, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0936 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.103 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3268, 30.5776, 45.7912)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5B0 #B0372C

analogous

#2CB079 #2CA5B0 #2C63B0

triadic

#2CA5B0 #B02CA5 #A5B02C

tetradic

#2CA5B0 #792CB0 #B0372C #63B02C

square

#2CA5B0 #792CB0 #B0372C #63B02C

split-complementary

#2CA5B0 #B02C63 #B0792C

monochromatic

#14494E #20777F #2CA5B0 #48C6D1 #79D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#2CA5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#2CA5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5B0

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5B0	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.103 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0c7',
    500: '#2ca5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5b0;
$custom-light: #7bc0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66283,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5B0

secondary

#C67972

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5B0

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

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