#2CA8B8#2CA8B8

#2CA8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8B8
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -27.33, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 32.60, 213.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0932 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.105 208)
XYZ	xyz(23.6893, 31.9985, 50.2659)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8B8 #B83C2C

analogous

#2CB882 #2CA8B8 #2C62B8

triadic

#2CA8B8 #B82CA8 #A8B82C

tetradic

#2CA8B8 #822CB8 #B83C2C #62B82C

square

#2CA8B8 #822CB8 #B83C2C #62B82C

split-complementary

#2CA8B8 #B82C62 #B8822C

monochromatic

#144E55 #207B87 #2CA8B8 #4DC5D4 #7ED5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#2CA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#2CA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8B8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8B8	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2cd',
    500: '#2ca8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8b8;
$custom-light: #7cc2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67338,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.32001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8B8

secondary

#C98077

accent

#5643E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8B8

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

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