#2CA9A0#2CA9A0

#2CA9A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A0
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 160)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 5.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -35.04, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 35.40, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.1048 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.106 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5688, 31.4469, 38.1840)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A0 #A92C35

analogous

#2CA962 #2CA9A0 #2C74A9

triadic

#2CA9A0 #A02CA9 #A9A02C

tetradic

#2CA9A0 #622CA9 #A92C35 #74A92C

square

#2CA9A0 #622CA9 #A92C35 #74A92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A0 #A92C74 #A9622C

monochromatic

#134844 #1F7872 #2CA9A0 #44CEC4 #74DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#2CA9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#2CA9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A0

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A0	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3bc',
    500: '#2ca9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a0;
$custom-light: #7ac3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66712,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A0

secondary

#C36E74

accent

#4651E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A0

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

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