#2CAC9C#2CAC9C

#2CAC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAC9C
RGB	rgb(44, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -37.54, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 37.57, 182.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.1097 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.11 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7891, 32.4382, 36.5589)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAC9C #AC2C3C

analogous

#2CAC5C #2CAC9C #2C7CAC

triadic

#2CAC9C #9C2CAC #AC9C2C

tetradic

#2CAC9C #5C2CAC #AC2C3C #7CAC2C

square

#2CAC9C #5C2CAC #AC2C3C #7CAC2C

split-complementary

#2CAC9C #AC2C7C #AC5C2C

monochromatic

#134B44 #207B70 #2CAC9C #46D0BE #76DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2CAC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#2CAC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAC9C

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAC9C	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac5b9',
    500: '#2cac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cac9c;
$custom-light: #7ac5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67342,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAC9C

secondary

#C4707A

accent

#4559E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAC9C

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

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