#2CA8A6#2CA8A6

#2CA8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8A6
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -32.82, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 33.93, 194.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.101 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.104 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9211, 31.2913, 40.9535)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8A6 #A82C2E

analogous

#2CA868 #2CA8A6 #2C6CA8

triadic

#2CA8A6 #A62CA8 #A8A62C

tetradic

#2CA8A6 #682CA8 #A82C2E #6CA82C

square

#2CA8A6 #682CA8 #A82C2E #6CA82C

split-complementary

#2CA8A6 #A82C6C #A8682C

monochromatic

#134746 #1F7876 #2CA8A6 #43CECC #74DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#2CA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#2CA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8A6

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8A6	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c0',
    500: '#2ca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8a6;
$custom-light: #7ac2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66666,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8A6

secondary

#C26E6F

accent

#4649E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8A6

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

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