#2CAA9E#2CAA9E

#2CAA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAA9E
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -36.07, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 36.24, 185.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.1067 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.107 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5820, 31.7510, 37.3322)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAA9E #AA2C38

analogous

#2CAA5F #2CAA9E #2C77AA

triadic

#2CAA9E #9E2CAA #AA9E2C

tetradic

#2CAA9E #5F2CAA #AA2C38 #77AA2C

square

#2CAA9E #5F2CAA #AA2C38 #77AA2C

split-complementary

#2CAA9E #AA2C77 #AA5F2C

monochromatic

#134944 #1F7971 #2CAA9E #44CFC2 #75DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2CAA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#2CAA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAA9E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAA9E	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac4ba',
    500: '#2caa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caa9e;
$custom-light: #7ac4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66899,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAA9E

secondary

#C36F77

accent

#4655E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAA9E

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

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