#2CA6A9#2CA6A9

#2CA6A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.102 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA6A9
RGB	rgb(44, 166, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -30.97, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 32.89, 199.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0977 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.102 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8331, 30.6699, 42.2976)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA6A9 #A92F2C

analogous

#2CA96E #2CA6A9 #2C68A9

triadic

#2CA6A9 #A92CA6 #A6A92C

tetradic

#2CA6A9 #6E2CA9 #A92F2C #68A92C

square

#2CA6A9 #6E2CA9 #A92F2C #68A92C

split-complementary

#2CA6A9 #A92C68 #A96E2C

monochromatic

#134748 #1F7678 #2CA6A9 #44CBCE #74D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#2CA6A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#2CA6A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA6A9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA6A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA6A9	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca6a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 166, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.102 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac1c2',
    500: '#2ca6a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca6a9;
$custom-light: #7ac1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca6a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA6A9

secondary

#C3706E

accent

#4A46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA6A9

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

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