#2CAB9F#2CAB9F

#2CAB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAB9F
RGB	rgb(44, 171, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -36.24, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 36.42, 185.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.1072 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.108 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8566, 32.1619, 37.8501)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAB9F #AB2C38

analogous

#2CAB60 #2CAB9F #2C77AB

triadic

#2CAB9F #9F2CAB #AB9F2C

tetradic

#2CAB9F #602CAB #AB2C38 #77AB2C

square

#2CAB9F #602CAB #AB2C38 #77AB2C

split-complementary

#2CAB9F #AB2C77 #AB602C

monochromatic

#134A44 #1F7A72 #2CAB9F #45CFC2 #76DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#2CAB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#2CAB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAB9F

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAB9F	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cab9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 171, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac4bb',
    500: '#2cab9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cab9f;
$custom-light: #7ac4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cab9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.331,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67185,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAB9F

secondary

#C36F77

accent

#4654E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAB9F

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

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