#2A9593#2A9593

#2A9593 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.093 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9593
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 147)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -29.59, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 30.56, 194.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.091 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.093 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9663, 24.0917, 31.3541)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9593 #952A2C

analogous

#2A955E #2A9593 #2A6195

triadic

#2A9593 #932A95 #95932A

tetradic

#2A9593 #5E2A95 #952A2C #61952A

square

#2A9593 #5E2A95 #952A2C #61952A

split-complementary

#2A9593 #952A61 #955E2A

monochromatic

#0F3635 #1D6564 #2A9593 #37C5C2 #66D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2A9593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#2A9593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9593

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9593	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.093 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b2',
    500: '#2a9593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9593;
$custom-light: #75b4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6112,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9593

secondary

#BA6163

accent

#484BDF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9593

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

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