#2CACA9#2CACA9

#2CACA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CACA9
RGB	rgb(44, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -33.83, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 34.83, 193.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.1037 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.106 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9493, 32.9023, 42.6697)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CACA9 #AC2C2F

analogous

#2CAC69 #2CACA9 #2C6FAC

triadic

#2CACA9 #A92CAC #ACA92C

tetradic

#2CACA9 #692CAC #AC2C2F #6FAC2C

square

#2CACA9 #692CAC #AC2C2F #6FAC2C

split-complementary

#2CACA9 #AC2C6F #AC692C

monochromatic

#134B49 #207B79 #2CACA9 #46D0CC #76DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#2CACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#2CACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CACA9

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CACA9	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc5c2',
    500: '#2caca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caca9;
$custom-light: #7bc5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CACA9

secondary

#C47072

accent

#4549E2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CACA9

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

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