#2A9587#2A9587

#2A9587 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9587
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 135)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 9.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -33.07, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 33.10, 182.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0966 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.097 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0734, 23.7345, 26.6511)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9587 #952A38

analogous

#2A9552 #2A9587 #2A6D95

triadic

#2A9587 #872A95 #95872A

tetradic

#2A9587 #522A95 #952A38 #6D952A

square

#2A9587 #522A95 #952A38 #6D952A

split-complementary

#2A9587 #952A6D #95522A

monochromatic

#0F3630 #1D655C #2A9587 #37C5B2 #66D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#2A9587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#2A9587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9587

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9587	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5a9',
    500: '#2a9587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9587;
$custom-light: #74b5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60709,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9587

secondary

#BA616D

accent

#485CDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9587

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

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