#2A9799#2A9799

#2A9799 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.094 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9799
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -28.76, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 30.40, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0903 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.094 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7686, 24.9233, 34.0050)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9799 #992C2A

analogous

#2A9963 #2A9799 #2A5F99

triadic

#2A9799 #992A97 #97992A

tetradic

#2A9799 #632A99 #992C2A #5F992A

square

#2A9799 #632A99 #992C2A #5F992A

split-complementary

#2A9799 #992A5F #99632A

monochromatic

#103839 #1D6869 #2A9799 #38C6C8 #68D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#2A9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#2A9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9799

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9799	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.094 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b7',
    500: '#2a9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9799;
$custom-light: #76b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61849,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9799

secondary

#BC6563

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9799

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

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