#2CA9A4#2CA9A4

#2CA9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.105 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A4
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -33.88, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 34.62, 191.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.1029 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.105 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9244, 31.5891, 40.0566)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A4 #A92C31

analogous

#2CA966 #2CA9A4 #2C70A9

triadic

#2CA9A4 #A42CA9 #A9A42C

tetradic

#2CA9A4 #662CA9 #A92C31 #70A92C

square

#2CA9A4 #662CA9 #A92C31 #70A92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A4 #A92C70 #A9662C

monochromatic

#134846 #1F7875 #2CA9A4 #44CEC9 #74DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#2CA9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#2CA9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A4

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A4	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.105 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3be',
    500: '#2ca9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a4;
$custom-light: #7ac3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66848,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A4

secondary

#C36E72

accent

#464CE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A4

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

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