#2A959D#2A959D

#2A959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A959D
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -26.54, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 29.49, 205.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0864 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.094 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7854, 24.4193, 35.6678)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A959D #9D322A

analogous

#2A9D6C #2A959D #2A5C9D

triadic

#2A959D #9D2A95 #959D2A

tetradic

#2A959D #6C2A9D #9D322A #5C9D2A

square

#2A959D #6C2A9D #9D322A #5C9D2A

split-complementary

#2A959D #9D2A5C #9D6C2A

monochromatic

#10393C #1D676D #2A959D #3AC0CA #6AD0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#2A959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#2A959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A959D

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A959D	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)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b9',
    500: '#2a959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a959d;
$custom-light: #76b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.174,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61492,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A959D

secondary

#BE6B65

accent

#5247E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A959D

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

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