#2A9A8A#2A9A8A

#2A9A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9A8A
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -34.56, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 34.57, 180.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.1004 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.1 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0957, 25.4364, 28.0486)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9A8A #9A2A3A

analogous

#2A9A52 #2A9A8A #2A729A

triadic

#2A9A8A #8A2A9A #9A8A2A

tetradic

#2A9A8A #522A9A #9A2A3A #729A2A

square

#2A9A8A #522A9A #9A2A3A #729A2A

split-complementary

#2A9A8A #9A2A72 #9A522A

monochromatic

#103A34 #1D6A5F #2A9A8A #38C9B4 #68D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2A9A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2A9A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A8A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9A8A	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ac',
    500: '#2a9a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9a8a;
$custom-light: #75b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9A8A

secondary

#BC6370

accent

#475DE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9A8A

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

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