#2A9B99#2A9B99

#2A9B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9B99
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -30.71, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 31.72, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0944 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.097 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4233, 26.2326, 34.2232)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9B99 #9B2A2C

analogous

#2A9B60 #2A9B99 #2A649B

triadic

#2A9B99 #992A9B #9B992A

tetradic

#2A9B99 #602A9B #9B2A2C #649B2A

square

#2A9B99 #602A9B #9B2A2C #649B2A

split-complementary

#2A9B99 #9B2A64 #9B602A

monochromatic

#103B3A #1D6B69 #2A9B99 #39C9C7 #69D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2A9B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#2A9B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9B99

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9B99	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b7',
    500: '#2a9b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9b99;
$custom-light: #76b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.938,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9B99

secondary

#BD6466

accent

#474AE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9B99

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

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