#2A9099#2A9099

#2A9099 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.091 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9099
RGB	rgb(42, 144, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -25.26, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 28.48, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.083 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.091 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6753, 22.7367, 33.6406)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9099 #99332A

analogous

#2A996A #2A9099 #2A5899

triadic

#2A9099 #992A90 #90992A

tetradic

#2A9099 #6A2A99 #99332A #58992A

square

#2A9099 #6A2A99 #99332A #58992A

split-complementary

#2A9099 #992A58 #996A2A

monochromatic

#103639 #1D6369 #2A9099 #38BDC8 #68CDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A9099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2A9099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9099

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9099	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 144, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.091 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b1b7',
    500: '#2a9099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9099;
$custom-light: #75b1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60067,
    "c": 0.0907,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9099

secondary

#BC6A63

accent

#5448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9099

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

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