#2CA9AC#2CA9AC

#2CA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9AC
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -31.51, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 33.45, 199.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0993 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.104 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6697, 31.8872, 43.9818)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9AC #AC2F2C

analogous

#2CAC6F #2CA9AC #2C69AC

triadic

#2CA9AC #AC2CA9 #A9AC2C

tetradic

#2CA9AC #6F2CAC #AC2F2C #69AC2C

square

#2CA9AC #6F2CAC #AC2F2C #69AC2C

split-complementary

#2CA9AC #AC2C69 #AC6F2C

monochromatic

#13494B #20797B #2CA9AC #46CCD0 #76DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#2CA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#2CA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9AC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9AC	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3c4',
    500: '#2ca9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9ac;
$custom-light: #7bc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67131,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9AC

secondary

#C47270

accent

#4945E2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9AC

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

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