#2A9899#2A9899

#2A9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9899
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -29.25, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 30.71, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0913 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.095 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9302, 25.2465, 34.0589)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9899 #992B2A

analogous

#2A9963 #2A9899 #2A6099

triadic

#2A9899 #992A98 #98992A

tetradic

#2A9899 #632A99 #992B2A #60992A

square

#2A9899 #632A99 #992B2A #60992A

split-complementary

#2A9899 #992A60 #99632A

monochromatic

#103939 #1D6869 #2A9899 #38C7C8 #68D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2A9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2A9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9899

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9899	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b7',
    500: '#2a9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9899;
$custom-light: #76b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9899

secondary

#BC6463

accent

#4948E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9899

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

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