#2CA5B9#2CA5B9

#2CA5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA5B9
RGB	rgb(44, 165, 185)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -25.51, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 32.21, 217.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0898 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.105 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2470, 30.9457, 50.6374)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA5B9 #B9402C

analogous

#2CB987 #2CA5B9 #2C5EB9

triadic

#2CA5B9 #B92CA5 #A5B92C

tetradic

#2CA5B9 #872CB9 #B9402C #5EB92C

square

#2CA5B9 #872CB9 #B9402C #5EB92C

split-complementary

#2CA5B9 #B92C5E #B9872C

monochromatic

#144D56 #207988 #2CA5B9 #4DC2D5 #7FD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#2CA5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#2CA5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA5B9

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA5B9	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 165, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0ce',
    500: '#2ca5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca5b9;
$custom-light: #7cc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66639,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA5B9

secondary

#C98378

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA5B9

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

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