#2A9795#2A9795

#2A9795 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.095 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9795
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -29.97, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 30.95, 194.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0921 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.095 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4438, 24.7933, 32.2942)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9795 #972A2C

analogous

#2A975E #2A9795 #2A6297

triadic

#2A9795 #952A97 #97952A

tetradic

#2A9795 #5E2A97 #972A2C #62972A

square

#2A9795 #5E2A97 #972A2C #62972A

split-complementary

#2A9795 #972A62 #975E2A

monochromatic

#0F3737 #1D6766 #2A9795 #37C7C4 #67D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2A9795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2A9795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9795

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9795	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.095 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b4',
    500: '#2a9795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9795;
$custom-light: #75b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61704,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9795

secondary

#BB6264

accent

#484BE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9795

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

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