#2A9794#2A9794

#2A9794 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.095 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9794
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 148)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -30.26, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 31.11, 193.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0926 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.095 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3643, 24.7615, 31.8755)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9794 #972A2D

analogous

#2A975E #2A9794 #2A6397

triadic

#2A9794 #942A97 #97942A

tetradic

#2A9794 #5E2A97 #972A2D #63972A

square

#2A9794 #5E2A97 #972A2D #63972A

split-complementary

#2A9794 #972A63 #975E2A

monochromatic

#0F3736 #1D6765 #2A9794 #37C7C3 #67D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#2A9794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#2A9794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9794

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9794	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.095 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b3',
    500: '#2a9794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9794;
$custom-light: #75b6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9794

secondary

#BB6264

accent

#484CE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9794

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

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