#2A999E#2A999E

#2A999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.096 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A999E
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -28.22, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 30.47, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0901 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.096 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5149, 25.7411, 36.3339)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A999E #9E2F2A

analogous

#2A9E69 #2A999E #2A5F9E

triadic

#2A999E #9E2A99 #999E2A

tetradic

#2A999E #692A9E #9E2F2A #5F9E2A

square

#2A999E #692A9E #9E2F2A #5F9E2A

split-complementary

#2A999E #9E2A5F #9E692A

monochromatic

#103B3D #1D6A6E #2A999E #3AC5CB #6BD3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2A999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2A999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A999E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A999E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.096 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7ba',
    500: '#2a999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a999e;
$custom-light: #77b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62544,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A999E

secondary

#BE6966

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A999E

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

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