#2A9488#2A9488

#2A9488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.095 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9488
RGB	rgb(42, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -32.32, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 32.40, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0951 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.095 184)
XYZ	xyz(15.9866, 23.4478, 26.9711)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9488 #942A36

analogous

#2A9453 #2A9488 #2A6B94

triadic

#2A9488 #882A94 #94882A

tetradic

#2A9488 #532A94 #942A36 #6B942A

square

#2A9488 #532A94 #942A36 #6B942A

split-complementary

#2A9488 #942A6B #94532A

monochromatic

#0F3530 #1C645C #2A9488 #38C4B4 #65D3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2A9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2A9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9488

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9488	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.095 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4aa',
    500: '#2a9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9488;
$custom-light: #74b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60482,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.2345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9488

secondary

#B9606A

accent

#495ADF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9488

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

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