#2CA9A9#2CA9A9

#2CA9A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9A9
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -32.41, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 33.82, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.1007 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.104 195)
XYZ	xyz(22.3848, 31.7733, 42.4815)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9A9 #A92C2C

analogous

#2CA96B #2CA9A9 #2C6BA9

triadic

#2CA9A9 #A92CA9 #A9A92C

tetradic

#2CA9A9 #6B2CA9 #A92C2C #6BA92C

square

#2CA9A9 #6B2CA9 #A92C2C #6BA92C

split-complementary

#2CA9A9 #A92C6B #A96B2C

monochromatic

#134848 #1F7878 #2CA9A9 #44CECE #74DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2CA9A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#2CA9A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9A9

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9A9	1.00	2.86	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3c2',
    500: '#2ca9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9a9;
$custom-light: #7bc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67023,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.31776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9A9

secondary

#C36E6E

accent

#4646E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9A9

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

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