#2A9696#2A9696

#2A9696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9696
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -29.18, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 30.46, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0906 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.094 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.3637, 24.5049, 32.6630)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9696 #962A2A

analogous

#2A9660 #2A9696 #2A6096

triadic

#2A9696 #962A96 #96962A

tetradic

#2A9696 #602A96 #962A2A #60962A

square

#2A9696 #602A96 #962A2A #60962A

split-complementary

#2A9696 #962A60 #96602A

monochromatic

#0F3636 #1D6666 #2A9696 #37C6C6 #66D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2A9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9696

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9696	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)

#8C8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5b4',
    500: '#2a9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9696;
$custom-light: #75b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.24507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9696

secondary

#BA6161

accent

#4848E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9696

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

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