#2A9599#2A9599

#2A9599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.093 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9599
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -27.77, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 29.79, 201.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0882 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.093 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4495, 24.2850, 33.8986)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9599 #992E2A

analogous

#2A9965 #2A9599 #2A5D99

triadic

#2A9599 #992A95 #95992A

tetradic

#2A9599 #652A99 #992E2A #5D992A

square

#2A9599 #652A99 #992E2A #5D992A

split-complementary

#2A9599 #992A5D #99652A

monochromatic

#103739 #1D6669 #2A9599 #38C3C8 #68D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2A9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2A9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9599

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9599	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.093 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b7',
    500: '#2a9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9599;
$custom-light: #76b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.162,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6134,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9599

secondary

#BC6663

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9599

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

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