#2CA8BA#2CA8BA

#2CA8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8BA
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -26.70, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 32.65, 215.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0923 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.106 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9004, 32.0830, 51.3778)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8BA #BA3E2C

analogous

#2CBA85 #2CA8BA #2C61BA

triadic

#2CA8BA #BA2CA8 #A8BA2C

tetradic

#2CA8BA #852CBA #BA3E2C #61BA2C

square

#2CA8BA #852CBA #BA3E2C #61BA2C

split-complementary

#2CA8BA #BA2C61 #BA852C

monochromatic

#154F57 #207B89 #2CA8BA #4EC4D5 #80D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#2CA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#2CA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8BA

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8BA	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2ce',
    500: '#2ca8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8ba;
$custom-light: #7cc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67418,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8BA

secondary

#CA8378

accent

#5743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8BA

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

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