#2A959C#2A959C

#2A959C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.093 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A959C
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -26.85, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 29.55, 204.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0869 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.093 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7004, 24.3853, 35.2200)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A959C #9C312A

analogous

#2A9C6A #2A959C #2A5C9C

triadic

#2A959C #9C2A95 #959C2A

tetradic

#2A959C #6A2A9C #9C312A #5C9C2A

square

#2A959C #6A2A9C #9C312A #5C9C2A

split-complementary

#2A959C #9C2A5C #9C6A2A

monochromatic

#10393C #1D676C #2A959C #39C1CA #6AD0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#2A959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#2A959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A959C

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A959C	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.093 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b9',
    500: '#2a959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a959c;
$custom-light: #76b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61453,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A959C

secondary

#BD6A65

accent

#5047E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A959C

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

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