#2CA8A9#2CA8A9

#2CA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8A9
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -31.93, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 33.50, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0997 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.104 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1995, 31.4026, 42.4197)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8A9 #A92D2C

analogous

#2CA96C #2CA8A9 #2C6AA9

triadic

#2CA8A9 #A92CA8 #A8A92C

tetradic

#2CA8A9 #6C2CA9 #A92D2C #6AA92C

square

#2CA8A9 #6C2CA9 #A92D2C #6AA92C

split-complementary

#2CA8A9 #A92C6A #A96C2C

monochromatic

#134748 #1F7878 #2CA8A9 #44CDCE #74DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#2CA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#2CA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8A9

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8A9	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c2',
    500: '#2ca8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8a9;
$custom-light: #7ac2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66772,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8A9

secondary

#C36F6E

accent

#4746E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8A9

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

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