#2A9496#2A9496

#2A9496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.093 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9496
RGB	rgb(42, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -28.20, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 29.81, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0885 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.093 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0473, 23.8720, 32.5576)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9496 #962C2A

analogous

#2A9662 #2A9496 #2A5E96

triadic

#2A9496 #962A94 #94962A

tetradic

#2A9496 #622A96 #962C2A #5E962A

square

#2A9496 #622A96 #962C2A #5E962A

split-complementary

#2A9496 #962A5E #96622A

monochromatic

#0F3636 #1D6566 #2A9496 #37C3C6 #66D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#2A9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#2A9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9496

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9496	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.093 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b4',
    500: '#2a9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9496;
$custom-light: #75b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60973,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9496

secondary

#BA6361

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9496

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

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