#2A989A#2A989A

#2A989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A989A
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -28.95, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 30.59, 198.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0909 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0132, 25.2797, 34.4957)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A989A #9A2C2A

analogous

#2A9A64 #2A989A #2A609A

triadic

#2A989A #9A2A98 #989A2A

tetradic

#2A989A #642A9A #9A2C2A #609A2A

square

#2A989A #642A9A #9A2C2A #609A2A

split-complementary

#2A989A #9A2A60 #9A642A

monochromatic

#10393A #1D696A #2A989A #38C6C9 #68D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2A989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2A989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A989A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A989A	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b7',
    500: '#2a989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a989a;
$custom-light: #76b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A989A

secondary

#BC6563

accent

#4A47E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A989A

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

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