#2CA9B8#2CA9B8

#2CA9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9B8
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -27.83, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 32.77, 211.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0941 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.106 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8746, 32.3692, 50.3277)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9B8 #B83B2C

analogous

#2CB881 #2CA9B8 #2C63B8

triadic

#2CA9B8 #B82CA9 #A9B82C

tetradic

#2CA9B8 #812CB8 #B83B2C #63B82C

square

#2CA9B8 #812CB8 #B83B2C #63B82C

split-complementary

#2CA9B8 #B82C63 #B8812C

monochromatic

#144E55 #207C87 #2CA9B8 #4DC6D4 #7ED6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#2CA9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#2CA9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9B8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9B8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8794B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3cd',
    500: '#2ca9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9b8;
$custom-light: #7cc3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67585,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9B8

secondary

#C98077

accent

#5543E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9B8

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

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