#2A9798#2A9798

#2A9798 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9798
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -29.06, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 30.52, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0908 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6864, 24.8904, 33.5719)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9798 #982B2A

analogous

#2A9862 #2A9798 #2A6098

triadic

#2A9798 #982A97 #97982A

tetradic

#2A9798 #622A98 #982B2A #60982A

square

#2A9798 #622A98 #982B2A #60982A

split-complementary

#2A9798 #982A60 #98622A

monochromatic

#103838 #1D6768 #2A9798 #37C7C8 #67D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#2A9798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#2A9798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9798

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9798	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b6',
    500: '#2a9798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9798;
$custom-light: #76b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9798

secondary

#BB6362

accent

#4948E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9798

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

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