#2CA8B9#2CA8B9

#2CA8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8B9
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -27.01, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 32.62, 214.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0927 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.106 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7945, 32.0406, 50.8199)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8B9 #B93D2C

analogous

#2CB984 #2CA8B9 #2C62B9

triadic

#2CA8B9 #B92CA8 #A8B92C

tetradic

#2CA8B9 #842CB9 #B93D2C #62B92C

square

#2CA8B9 #842CB9 #B93D2C #62B92C

split-complementary

#2CA8B9 #B92C62 #B9842C

monochromatic

#144E56 #207B88 #2CA8B9 #4DC4D5 #7FD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#2CA8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#2CA8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8B9

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8B9	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2ce',
    500: '#2ca8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8b9;
$custom-light: #7cc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67378,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8B9

secondary

#C98178

accent

#5743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8B9

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

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