#2A9A99#2A9A99

#2A9A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9A99
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -30.23, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 31.38, 195.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0934 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.096 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2576, 25.9012, 34.1680)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9A99 #9A2A2B

analogous

#2A9A61 #2A9A99 #2A639A

triadic

#2A9A99 #992A9A #9A992A

tetradic

#2A9A99 #612A9A #9A2A2B #639A2A

square

#2A9A99 #612A9A #9A2A2B #639A2A

split-complementary

#2A9A99 #9A2A63 #9A612A

monochromatic

#103A39 #1D6A69 #2A9A99 #38C9C8 #68D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2A9A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#2A9A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9A99

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9A99	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8b7',
    500: '#2a9a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9a99;
$custom-light: #76b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.464,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62614,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9A99

secondary

#BC6364

accent

#4749E0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9A99

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

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