#2CA9BC#2CA9BC

#2CA9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9BC
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -26.57, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 32.86, 216.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0925 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.107 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2998, 32.5393, 52.5672)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9BC #BC3F2C

analogous

#2CBC87 #2CA9BC #2C61BC

triadic

#2CA9BC #BC2CA9 #A9BC2C

tetradic

#2CA9BC #872CBC #BC3F2C #61BC2C

square

#2CA9BC #872CBC #BC3F2C #61BC2C

split-complementary

#2CA9BC #BC2C61 #BC872C

monochromatic

#155059 #207C8A #2CA9BC #4FC4D6 #81D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2CA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#2CA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9BC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9BC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc3d0',
    500: '#2ca9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9bc;
$custom-light: #7dc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67743,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9BC

secondary

#CA8479

accent

#5843E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9BC

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

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