#2A9986#2A9986

#2A9986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9986
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -35.21, 1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 35.22, 178.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.1013 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.101 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6470, 24.9940, 26.4966)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9986 #992A3D

analogous

#2A994E #2A9986 #2A7499

triadic

#2A9986 #862A99 #99862A

tetradic

#2A9986 #4E2A99 #992A3D #74992A

square

#2A9986 #4E2A99 #992A3D #74992A

split-complementary

#2A9986 #992A74 #994E2A

monochromatic

#103932 #1D695C #2A9986 #38C8B0 #68D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#2A9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#2A9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9986

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9986	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7a9',
    500: '#2a9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9986;
$custom-light: #75b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.73,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61718,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9986

secondary

#BC6372

accent

#4862E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9986

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

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