#2A9B9C#2A9B9C

#2A9B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.097 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9B9C
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -29.81, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 31.29, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0931 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.097 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6742, 26.3330, 35.5446)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9B9C #9C2B2A

analogous

#2A9C64 #2A9B9C #2A629C

triadic

#2A9B9C #9C2A9B #9B9C2A

tetradic

#2A9B9C #642A9C #9C2B2A #629C2A

square

#2A9B9C #642A9C #9C2B2A #629C2A

split-complementary

#2A9B9C #9C2A62 #9C642A

monochromatic

#103B3C #1D6B6C #2A9B9C #39C9CA #6AD6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2A9B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2A9B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9B9C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9B9C	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.097 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b9',
    500: '#2a9b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9b9c;
$custom-light: #77b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9B9C

secondary

#BD6565

accent

#4847E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9B9C

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

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