#2CA9B5#2CA9B5

#2CA9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9B5
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -28.76, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 32.81, 208.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0954 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5635, 32.2447, 48.6891)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9B5 #B5382C

analogous

#2CB57C #2CA9B5 #2C65B5

triadic

#2CA9B5 #B52CA9 #A9B52C

tetradic

#2CA9B5 #7C2CB5 #B5382C #65B52C

square

#2CA9B5 #7C2CB5 #B5382C #65B52C

split-complementary

#2CA9B5 #B52C65 #B57C2C

monochromatic

#144D53 #207B84 #2CA9B5 #4BC7D3 #7CD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#2CA9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#2CA9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9B5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9B5	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8894B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3cb',
    500: '#2ca9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9b5;
$custom-light: #7cc3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9B5

secondary

#C87C75

accent

#5244E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9B5

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

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