#2CAA8C#2CAA8C

#2CAA8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAA8C
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 140)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -40.92, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 41.34, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.1152 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.116 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1446, 31.1760, 29.7617)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAA8C #AA2C4A

analogous

#2CAA4D #2CAA8C #2C89AA

triadic

#2CAA8C #8C2CAA #AA8C2C

tetradic

#2CAA8C #4D2CAA #AA2C4A #89AA2C

square

#2CAA8C #4D2CAA #AA2C4A #89AA2C

split-complementary

#2CAA8C #AA2C89 #AA4D2C

monochromatic

#13493C #1F7964 #2CAA8C #44CFAE #75DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#2CAA8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#2CAA8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAA8C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAA8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAA8C	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caa8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c4ad',
    500: '#2caa8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caa8c;
$custom-light: #78c4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caa8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAA8C

secondary

#C36F83

accent

#466BE2

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAA8C

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

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