#2CAA9B#2CAA9B

#2CAA9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAA9B
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 155)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -36.91, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 36.96, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.1081 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.108 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3270, 31.6489, 35.9888)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAA9B #AA2C3B

analogous

#2CAA5C #2CAA9B #2C7AAA

triadic

#2CAA9B #9B2CAA #AA9B2C

tetradic

#2CAA9B #5C2CAA #AA2C3B #7AAA2C

square

#2CAA9B #5C2CAA #AA2C3B #7AAA2C

split-complementary

#2CAA9B #AA2C7A #AA5C2C

monochromatic

#134942 #1F796F #2CAA9B #44CFBE #75DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2CAA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#2CAA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAA9B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAA9B	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caa9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c4b8',
    500: '#2caa9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caa9b;
$custom-light: #79c4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caa9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66802,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAA9B

secondary

#C36F79

accent

#4658E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAA9B

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

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