#2CA8A4#2CA8A4

#2CA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.104 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8A4
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -33.41, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 34.26, 192.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.1019 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.104 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7391, 31.2185, 39.9948)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8A4 #A82C30

analogous

#2CA866 #2CA8A4 #2C6EA8

triadic

#2CA8A4 #A42CA8 #A8A42C

tetradic

#2CA8A4 #662CA8 #A82C30 #6EA82C

square

#2CA8A4 #662CA8 #A82C30 #6EA82C

split-complementary

#2CA8A4 #A82C6E #A8662C

monochromatic

#134745 #1F7875 #2CA8A4 #43CEC9 #74DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#2CA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#2CA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8A4

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8A4	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.104 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2be',
    500: '#2ca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8a4;
$custom-light: #7ac2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66596,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8A4

secondary

#C26E70

accent

#464BE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8A4

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

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