#2A9A89#2A9A89

#2A9A89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A9A89
RGBrgb(42, 154, 137)
HSLhsl(171, 57%, 38%)
HSVhsv(171, 73%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 0%, 11%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(57.47, -34.84, -0.01)
CIE-LCHlch(57.47, 34.84, 180.01°)
OKLaboklab(62.07% -0.1009 -0.0006)
OKLCHoklch(62.07% 0.101 180.3)
XYZxyz(17.0236, 25.4076, 27.6690)
Luminance0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A9A89 #9A2A3B
analogous
#2A9A51 #2A9A89 #2A739A
triadic
#2A9A89 #892A9A #9A892A
tetradic
#2A9A89 #512A9A #9A2A3B #739A2A
square
#2A9A89 #512A9A #9A2A3B #739A2A
split-complementary
#2A9A89 #9A2A73 #9A512A
monochromatic
#103A33 #1D6A5E #2A9A89 #38C9B3 #68D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#2A9A89 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08
#2A9A89 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A89
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A9A89#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A9A891.003.456.086.08
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0821.001.001.00
##0000006.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#939188
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84858A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009D95
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a9a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 180.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ab',
    500: '#2a9a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a9a89;
$custom-light: #75b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a9a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.893,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62073,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A9A89
secondary
#BC6371
accent
#475FE0
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#0A1110
muted
#7C807F

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#2A9A89 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva