#2A9991#2A9991

#2A9991 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9991
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -32.10, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 32.45, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0961 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.097 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4545, 25.3170, 30.7493)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9991 #992A32

analogous

#2A9959 #2A9991 #2A6999

triadic

#2A9991 #912A99 #99912A

tetradic

#2A9991 #592A99 #992A32 #69992A

square

#2A9991 #592A99 #992A32 #69992A

split-complementary

#2A9991 #992A69 #99592A

monochromatic

#103936 #1D6963 #2A9991 #38C8BE #68D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2A9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2A9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9991

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9991	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#909191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b1',
    500: '#2a9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9991;
$custom-light: #75b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.676,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9991

secondary

#BC6369

accent

#4853E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9991

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

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