#2A9697#2A9697

#2A9697 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9697
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -28.88, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 30.32, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0902 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4446, 24.5372, 33.0889)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9697 #972B2A

analogous

#2A9761 #2A9697 #2A6097

triadic

#2A9697 #972A96 #96972A

tetradic

#2A9697 #612A97 #972B2A #60972A

square

#2A9697 #612A97 #972B2A #60972A

split-complementary

#2A9697 #972A60 #97612A

monochromatic

#0F3737 #1D6667 #2A9697 #37C6C7 #67D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2A9697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#2A9697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9697

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9697	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5b5',
    500: '#2a9697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9697;
$custom-light: #76b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9697

secondary

#BB6362

accent

#4948E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9697

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

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