#2CAB9C#2CAB9C

#2CAB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.109 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAB9C
RGB	rgb(44, 171, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 8.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -37.08, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 37.14, 183.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.1086 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.109 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5995, 32.0590, 36.4957)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAB9C #AB2C3B

analogous

#2CAB5C #2CAB9C #2C7BAB

triadic

#2CAB9C #9C2CAB #AB9C2C

tetradic

#2CAB9C #5C2CAB #AB2C3B #7BAB2C

square

#2CAB9C #5C2CAB #AB2C3B #7BAB2C

split-complementary

#2CAB9C #AB2C7B #AB5C2C

monochromatic

#134A43 #1F7A70 #2CAB9C #45CFBF #76DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#2CAB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#2CAB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAB9C

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAB9C	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cab9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 171, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.109 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac4b9',
    500: '#2cab9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cab9c;
$custom-light: #7ac4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cab9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67088,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAB9C

secondary

#C36F79

accent

#4658E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAB9C

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

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