#2A9B8E#2A9B8E

#2A9B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.100 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9B8E
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -33.90, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 33.97, 183.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0996 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.1 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5563, 25.8858, 29.6571)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9B8E #9B2A37

analogous

#2A9B55 #2A9B8E #2A6F9B

triadic

#2A9B8E #8E2A9B #9B8E2A

tetradic

#2A9B8E #552A9B #9B2A37 #6F9B2A

square

#2A9B8E #552A9B #9B2A37 #6F9B2A

split-complementary

#2A9B8E #9B2A6F #9B552A

monochromatic

#103B36 #1D6B62 #2A9B8E #39C9B9 #69D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2A9B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#2A9B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9B8E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9B8E	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)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.100 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9af',
    500: '#2a9b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9b8e;
$custom-light: #75b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.097,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62493,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9B8E

secondary

#BD646E

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9B8E

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

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