#2CA5B8#2CA5B8

#2CA5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5B8
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -25.83, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 32.16, 216.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0902 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.105 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1418, 30.9036, 50.0834)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5B8 #B83F2C

analogous

#2CB885 #2CA5B8 #2C5FB8

triadic

#2CA5B8 #B82CA5 #A5B82C

tetradic

#2CA5B8 #852CB8 #B83F2C #5FB82C

square

#2CA5B8 #852CB8 #B83F2C #5FB82C

split-complementary

#2CA5B8 #B82C5F #B8852C

monochromatic

#144C55 #207987 #2CA5B8 #4DC2D4 #7ED3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#2CA5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#2CA5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5B8

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5B8	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0cd',
    500: '#2ca5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5b8;
$custom-light: #7cc0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66599,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5B8

secondary

#C98277

accent

#5943E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5B8

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

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