#2A959E#2A959E

#2A959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A959E
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -26.22, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 29.44, 207.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.086 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.094 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8711, 24.4536, 36.1193)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A959E #9E332A

analogous

#2A9E6D #2A959E #2A5B9E

triadic

#2A959E #9E2A95 #959E2A

tetradic

#2A959E #6D2A9E #9E332A #5B9E2A

square

#2A959E #6D2A9E #9E332A #5B9E2A

split-complementary

#2A959E #9E2A5B #9E6D2A

monochromatic

#103A3D #1D676E #2A959E #3AC0CB #6BCFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#2A959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A959E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A959E	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4ba',
    500: '#2a959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a959e;
$custom-light: #76b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A959E

secondary

#BE6C66

accent

#5347E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A959E

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

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