#2A9A96#2A9A96

#2A9A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9A96
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -31.12, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 31.86, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0948 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.097 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0129, 25.8033, 32.8794)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9A96 #9A2A2E

analogous

#2A9A5E #2A9A96 #2A669A

triadic

#2A9A96 #962A9A #9A962A

tetradic

#2A9A96 #5E2A9A #9A2A2E #669A2A

square

#2A9A96 #5E2A9A #9A2A2E #669A2A

split-complementary

#2A9A96 #9A2A66 #9A5E2A

monochromatic

#103A38 #1D6A67 #2A9A96 #38C9C4 #68D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2A9A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2A9A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A96

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9A96	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8b4',
    500: '#2a9a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9a96;
$custom-light: #76b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9A96

secondary

#BC6367

accent

#474DE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9A96

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

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