#2CA8AC#2CA8AC

#2CA8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8AC
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -31.03, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 33.15, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0983 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4844, 31.5166, 43.9200)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8AC #AC302C

analogous

#2CAC70 #2CA8AC #2C68AC

triadic

#2CA8AC #AC2CA8 #A8AC2C

tetradic

#2CA8AC #702CAC #AC302C #68AC2C

square

#2CA8AC #702CAC #AC302C #68AC2C

split-complementary

#2CA8AC #AC2C68 #AC702C

monochromatic

#13494B #20787B #2CA8AC #46CBD0 #76D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#2CA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#2CA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8AC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8AC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2c4',
    500: '#2ca8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8ac;
$custom-light: #7bc2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66881,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8AC

secondary

#C47370

accent

#4A45E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8AC

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

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