#2A989F#2A989F

#2A989F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A989F
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -27.41, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 30.12, 204.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0887 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4383, 25.4497, 36.7347)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A989F #9F312A

analogous

#2A9F6C #2A989F #2A5E9F

triadic

#2A989F #9F2A98 #989F2A

tetradic

#2A989F #6C2A9F #9F312A #5E9F2A

square

#2A989F #6C2A9F #9F312A #5E9F2A

split-complementary

#2A989F #9F2A5E #9F6C2A

monochromatic

#103B3E #1D6A6F #2A989F #3BC3CB #6BD2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2A989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2A989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A989F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A989F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B85A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6bb',
    500: '#2a989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a989f;
$custom-light: #77b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A989F

secondary

#BF6B66

accent

#5046E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A989F

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

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