#2A9990#2A9990

#2A9990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9990
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -32.39, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 32.66, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0965 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.097 187)
XYZ	xyz(17.3777, 25.2863, 30.3450)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9990 #992A33

analogous

#2A9958 #2A9990 #2A6A99

triadic

#2A9990 #902A99 #99902A

tetradic

#2A9990 #582A99 #992A33 #6A992A

square

#2A9990 #582A99 #992A33 #6A992A

split-complementary

#2A9990 #992A6A #99582A

monochromatic

#103936 #1D6963 #2A9990 #38C8BD #68D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2A9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2A9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9990

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9990	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)

#919090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b0',
    500: '#2a9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9990;
$custom-light: #75b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.135,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62044,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.25288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9990

secondary

#BC636A

accent

#4854E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9990

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

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