#2A9491#2A9491

#2A9491 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.093 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9491
RGB	rgb(42, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 2%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -29.70, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 30.52, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0908 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.093 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6532, 23.7144, 30.4822)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9491 #942A2D

analogous

#2A945C #2A9491 #2A6294

triadic

#2A9491 #912A94 #94912A

tetradic

#2A9491 #5C2A94 #942A2D #62942A

square

#2A9491 #5C2A94 #942A2D #62942A

split-complementary

#2A9491 #942A62 #945C2A

monochromatic

#0F3534 #1C6462 #2A9491 #38C4C0 #65D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#2A9491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#2A9491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9491

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9491	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.093 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b1',
    500: '#2a9491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9491;
$custom-light: #75b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60791,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9491

secondary

#B96063

accent

#494DDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9491

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

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