#2A9A97#2A9A97

#2A9A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9A97
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -30.82, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 31.69, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0943 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.097 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0938, 25.8357, 33.3053)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9A97 #9A2A2D

analogous

#2A9A5F #2A9A97 #2A659A

triadic

#2A9A97 #972A9A #9A972A

tetradic

#2A9A97 #5F2A9A #9A2A2D #659A2A

square

#2A9A97 #5F2A9A #9A2A2D #659A2A

split-complementary

#2A9A97 #9A2A65 #9A5F2A

monochromatic

#103A39 #1D6A68 #2A9A97 #38C9C5 #68D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2A9A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2A9A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A97

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9A97	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8b5',
    500: '#2a9a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9a97;
$custom-light: #76b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.393,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62543,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9A97

secondary

#BC6366

accent

#474BE0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9A97

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

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