#2CAE96#2CAE96

#2CAE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAE96
RGB	rgb(44, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -40.06, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 40.13, 176.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.1145 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.115 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6770, 33.0070, 34.0768)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAE96 #AE2C44

analogous

#2CAE55 #2CAE96 #2C85AE

triadic

#2CAE96 #962CAE #AE962C

tetradic

#2CAE96 #552CAE #AE2C44 #85AE2C

square

#2CAE96 #552CAE #AE2C44 #85AE2C

split-complementary

#2CAE96 #AE2C85 #AE552C

monochromatic

#134C42 #207D6C #2CAE96 #47D0B7 #78DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#2CAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#2CAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAE96

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAE96	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac7b4',
    500: '#2cae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cae96;
$custom-light: #7ac7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAE96

secondary

#C57181

accent

#4562E3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAE96

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

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