#2A9B8B#2A9B8B

#2A9B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9B8B
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -34.75, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 34.75, 180.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.101 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.101 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3341, 25.7970, 28.4868)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9B8B #9B2A3A

analogous

#2A9B52 #2A9B8B #2A729B

triadic

#2A9B8B #8B2A9B #9B8B2A

tetradic

#2A9B8B #522A9B #9B2A3A #729B2A

square

#2A9B8B #522A9B #9B2A3A #729B2A

split-complementary

#2A9B8B #9B2A72 #9B522A

monochromatic

#103B35 #1D6B60 #2A9B8B #39C9B5 #69D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2A9B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2A9B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9B8B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9B8B	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)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ac',
    500: '#2a9b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9b8b;
$custom-light: #75b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.504,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62396,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9B8B

secondary

#BD6471

accent

#475DE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9B8B

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

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