#2A959F#2A959F

#2A959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.094 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A959F
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -25.91, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 29.40, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0856 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.094 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9575, 24.4882, 36.5744)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A959F #9F342A

analogous

#2A9F6F #2A959F #2A5B9F

triadic

#2A959F #9F2A95 #959F2A

tetradic

#2A959F #6F2A9F #9F342A #5B9F2A

square

#2A959F #6F2A9F #9F342A #5B9F2A

split-complementary

#2A959F #9F2A5B #9F6F2A

monochromatic

#103A3E #1D686F #2A959F #3BBFCB #6BCFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2A959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A959F

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A959F	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.094 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4bb',
    500: '#2a959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a959f;
$custom-light: #76b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6157,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A959F

secondary

#BF6E66

accent

#5446E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A959F

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

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