#2CA8BC#2CA8BC

#2CA8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8BC
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -26.06, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 32.73, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0915 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.107 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1145, 32.1686, 52.5054)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8BC #BC402C

analogous

#2CBC88 #2CA8BC #2C60BC

triadic

#2CA8BC #BC2CA8 #A8BC2C

tetradic

#2CA8BC #882CBC #BC402C #60BC2C

square

#2CA8BC #882CBC #BC402C #60BC2C

split-complementary

#2CA8BC #BC2C60 #BC882C

monochromatic

#154F59 #207C8A #2CA8BC #4FC3D6 #81D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#2CA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#2CA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8BC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8BC	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2d0',
    500: '#2ca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8bc;
$custom-light: #7dc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8BC

secondary

#CA8579

accent

#5943E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8BC

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

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