#2A9A8D#2A9A8D

#2A9A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9A8D
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -33.72, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 33.79, 183.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.099 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.099 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3159, 25.5245, 29.2083)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9A8D #9A2A37

analogous

#2A9A55 #2A9A8D #2A6F9A

triadic

#2A9A8D #8D2A9A #9A8D2A

tetradic

#2A9A8D #552A9A #9A2A37 #6F9A2A

square

#2A9A8D #552A9A #9A2A37 #6F9A2A

split-complementary

#2A9A8D #9A2A6F #9A552A

monochromatic

#103A35 #1D6A61 #2A9A8D #38C9B8 #68D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2A9A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#2A9A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A8D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9A8D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ae',
    500: '#2a9a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9a8d;
$custom-light: #75b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.036,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9A8D

secondary

#BC636E

accent

#4759E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9A8D

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

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