#2CA9A6#2CA9A6

#2CA9A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A6
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -33.30, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 34.27, 193.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.102 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.105 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1064, 31.6619, 41.0153)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A6 #A92C2F

analogous

#2CA968 #2CA9A6 #2C6EA9

triadic

#2CA9A6 #A62CA9 #A9A62C

tetradic

#2CA9A6 #682CA9 #A92C2F #6EA92C

square

#2CA9A6 #682CA9 #A92C2F #6EA92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A6 #A92C6E #A9682C

monochromatic

#134847 #1F7876 #2CA9A6 #44CECB #74DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2CA9A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#2CA9A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A6

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A6	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c0',
    500: '#2ca9a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a6;
$custom-light: #7ac3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A6

secondary

#C36E70

accent

#464AE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A6

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

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