#2CAEB9#2CAEB9

#2CAEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAEB9
RGB	rgb(44, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -29.97, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 33.75, 207.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0986 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9278, 34.3073, 51.1977)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAEB9 #B9372C

analogous

#2CB97E #2CAEB9 #2C67B9

triadic

#2CAEB9 #B92CAE #AEB92C

tetradic

#2CAEB9 #7E2CB9 #B9372C #67B92C

square

#2CAEB9 #7E2CB9 #B9372C #67B92C

split-complementary

#2CAEB9 #B92C67 #B97E2C

monochromatic

#145156 #207F88 #2CAEB9 #4DCAD5 #7FD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#2CAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#2CAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAEB9

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAEB9	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6ce',
    500: '#2caeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caeb9;
$custom-light: #7dc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAEB9

secondary

#C97E78

accent

#5043E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAEB9

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

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