#2CA9A8#2CA9A8

#2CA9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A8
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -32.71, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 33.96, 195.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.1011 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.104 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2913, 31.7359, 41.9890)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A8 #A92C2D

analogous

#2CA96A #2CA9A8 #2C6CA9

triadic

#2CA9A8 #A82CA9 #A9A82C

tetradic

#2CA9A8 #6A2CA9 #A92C2D #6CA92C

square

#2CA9A8 #6A2CA9 #A92C2D #6CA92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A8 #A92C6C #A96A2C

monochromatic

#134847 #1F7878 #2CA9A8 #44CECD #74DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2CA9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#2CA9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c1',
    500: '#2ca9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a8;
$custom-light: #7ac3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66988,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A8

secondary

#C36E6F

accent

#4647E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A8

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

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