#2A9399#2A9399

#2A9399 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.092 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9399
RGB	rgb(42, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -26.78, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 29.23, 203.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0862 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.092 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1358, 23.6576, 33.7941)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9399 #99302A

analogous

#2A9967 #2A9399 #2A5B99

triadic

#2A9399 #992A93 #93992A

tetradic

#2A9399 #672A99 #99302A #5B992A

square

#2A9399 #672A99 #99302A #5B992A

split-complementary

#2A9399 #992A5B #99672A

monochromatic

#103739 #1D6569 #2A9399 #38C1C8 #68D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#2A9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#2A9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9399

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9399	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.092 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b3b7',
    500: '#2a9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9399;
$custom-light: #75b3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9399

secondary

#BC6863

accent

#5048E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9399

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

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