#2A9699#2A9699

#2A9699 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.094 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9699
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -28.27, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 30.09, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0893 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.094 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6084, 24.6028, 33.9516)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9699 #992D2A

analogous

#2A9964 #2A9699 #2A5E99

triadic

#2A9699 #992A96 #96992A

tetradic

#2A9699 #642A99 #992D2A #5E992A

square

#2A9699 #642A99 #992D2A #5E992A

split-complementary

#2A9699 #992A5E #99642A

monochromatic

#103839 #1D6769 #2A9699 #38C4C8 #68D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2A9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#2A9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9699

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9699	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.094 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5b7',
    500: '#2a9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9699;
$custom-light: #76b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61595,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9699

secondary

#BC6563

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9699

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

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