#2CA9A2#2CA9A2

#2CA9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.105 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A2
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 162)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -34.46, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 34.99, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.1038 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.105 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7452, 31.5174, 39.1128)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A2 #A92C33

analogous

#2CA964 #2CA9A2 #2C72A9

triadic

#2CA9A2 #A22CA9 #A9A22C

tetradic

#2CA9A2 #642CA9 #A92C33 #72A92C

square

#2CA9A2 #642CA9 #A92C33 #72A92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A2 #A92C72 #A9642C

monochromatic

#134845 #1F7873 #2CA9A2 #44CEC7 #74DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#2CA9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#2CA9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A2

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A2	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.105 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3bd',
    500: '#2ca9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a2;
$custom-light: #7ac3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.64,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66779,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A2

secondary

#C36E73

accent

#464FE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A2

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

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