#2CAA9A#2CAA9A

#2CAA9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAA9A
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -37.19, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 37.21, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.1086 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.109 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2433, 31.6155, 35.5484)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAA9A #AA2C3C

analogous

#2CAA5B #2CAA9A #2C7BAA

triadic

#2CAA9A #9A2CAA #AA9A2C

tetradic

#2CAA9A #5B2CAA #AA2C3C #7BAA2C

square

#2CAA9A #5B2CAA #AA2C3C #7BAA2C

split-complementary

#2CAA9A #AA2C7B #AA5B2C

monochromatic

#134942 #1F796E #2CAA9A #44CFBD #75DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#2CAA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#2CAA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAA9A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAA9A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caa9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c4b7',
    500: '#2caa9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caa9a;
$custom-light: #79c4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caa9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6677,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAA9A

secondary

#C36F7A

accent

#465AE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAA9A

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

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