#2A9C86#2A9C86

#2A9C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.105 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C86
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -36.57, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 36.66, 176.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.1044 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.105 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1442, 25.9884, 26.6623)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C86 #9C2A40

analogous

#2A9C4D #2A9C86 #2A799C

triadic

#2A9C86 #862A9C #9C862A

tetradic

#2A9C86 #4D2A9C #9C2A40 #799C2A

square

#2A9C86 #4D2A9C #9C2A40 #799C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C86 #9C2A79 #9C4D2A

monochromatic

#103C33 #1D6C5D #2A9C86 #39CAAE #6AD7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2A9C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2A9C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C86

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C86	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.105 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baa9',
    500: '#2a9c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c86;
$custom-light: #75baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C86

secondary

#BD6576

accent

#4765E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C86

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

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