#2A9B9D#2A9B9D

#2A9B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.097 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9B9D
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -29.51, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 31.17, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0926 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.097 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7592, 26.3670, 35.9924)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9B9D #9D2C2A

analogous

#2A9D66 #2A9B9D #2A629D

triadic

#2A9B9D #9D2A9B #9B9D2A

tetradic

#2A9B9D #662A9D #9D2C2A #629D2A

square

#2A9B9D #662A9D #9D2C2A #629D2A

split-complementary

#2A9B9D #9D2A62 #9D662A

monochromatic

#103C3C #1D6B6D #2A9B9D #3AC8CA #6AD5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2A9B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2A9B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9B9D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9B9D	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)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.097 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b9',
    500: '#2a9b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9b9d;
$custom-light: #77b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.043,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63014,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9B9D

secondary

#BE6765

accent

#4947E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9B9D

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

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