#2A9997#2A9997

#2A9997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9997
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -30.34, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 31.34, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0933 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.096 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9294, 25.5069, 33.2505)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9997 #992A2C

analogous

#2A995F #2A9997 #2A6399

triadic

#2A9997 #972A99 #99972A

tetradic

#2A9997 #5F2A99 #992A2C #63992A

square

#2A9997 #5F2A99 #992A2C #63992A

split-complementary

#2A9997 #992A63 #995F2A

monochromatic

#103938 #1D6968 #2A9997 #38C8C6 #68D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2A9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2A9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9997

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9997	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b5',
    500: '#2a9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9997;
$custom-light: #76b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.919,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9997

secondary

#BC6365

accent

#484AE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9997

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

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