#2CAC97#2CAC97

#2CAC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAC97
RGB	rgb(44, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -38.91, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 38.92, 178.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.112 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.112 179)
XYZ	xyz(21.3744, 32.2723, 34.3748)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAC97 #AC2C41

analogous

#2CAC57 #2CAC97 #2C81AC

triadic

#2CAC97 #972CAC #AC972C

tetradic

#2CAC97 #572CAC #AC2C41 #81AC2C

square

#2CAC97 #572CAC #AC2C41 #81AC2C

split-complementary

#2CAC97 #AC2C81 #AC572C

monochromatic

#134B41 #207B6C #2CAC97 #46D0B9 #76DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#2CAC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#2CAC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAC97

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAC97	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c5b5',
    500: '#2cac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cac97;
$custom-light: #79c5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.156,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67186,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAC97

secondary

#C4707E

accent

#455FE2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAC97

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

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