#2CA8A5#2CA8A5

#2CA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.104 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8A5
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -33.12, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 34.09, 193.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.1015 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.104 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8297, 31.2547, 40.4723)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8A5 #A82C2F

analogous

#2CA867 #2CA8A5 #2C6DA8

triadic

#2CA8A5 #A52CA8 #A8A52C

tetradic

#2CA8A5 #672CA8 #A82C2F #6DA82C

square

#2CA8A5 #672CA8 #A82C2F #6DA82C

split-complementary

#2CA8A5 #A82C6D #A8672C

monochromatic

#134746 #1F7875 #2CA8A5 #43CECB #74DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#2CA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#2CA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8A5

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8A5	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.104 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2bf',
    500: '#2ca8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8a5;
$custom-light: #7ac2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8A5

secondary

#C26E70

accent

#464AE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8A5

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

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