#2CA899#2CA899

#2CA899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.107 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA899
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -36.55, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 36.60, 182.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.107 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.107 183)
XYZ	xyz(20.7883, 30.8382, 34.9876)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA899 #A82C3B

analogous

#2CA85B #2CA899 #2C79A8

triadic

#2CA899 #992CA8 #A8992C

tetradic

#2CA899 #5B2CA8 #A82C3B #79A82C

square

#2CA899 #5B2CA8 #A82C3B #79A82C

split-complementary

#2CA899 #A82C79 #A85B2C

monochromatic

#134741 #1F786D #2CA899 #43CEBD #74DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#2CA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#2CA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA899

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA899	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.107 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2b7',
    500: '#2ca899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca899;
$custom-light: #79c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66228,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA899

secondary

#C26E78

accent

#4659E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA899

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

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