#2A9989#2A9989

#2A9989 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9989
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -34.38, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 34.38, 180.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0998 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.1 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8592, 25.0789, 27.6142)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9989 #992A3A

analogous

#2A9951 #2A9989 #2A7199

triadic

#2A9989 #892A99 #99892A

tetradic

#2A9989 #512A99 #992A3A #71992A

square

#2A9989 #512A99 #992A3A #71992A

split-complementary

#2A9989 #992A71 #99512A

monochromatic

#103933 #1D695E #2A9989 #38C8B4 #68D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2A9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2A9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9989

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9989	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83848A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7ab',
    500: '#2a9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9989;
$custom-light: #75b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9989

secondary

#BC6370

accent

#485EE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9989

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

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