#2A9C8A#2A9C8A

#2A9C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8A
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -35.48, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 35.48, 179.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.1025 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.103 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4285, 26.1021, 28.1595)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8A #9C2A3C

analogous

#2A9C51 #2A9C8A #2A759C

triadic

#2A9C8A #8A2A9C #9C8A2A

tetradic

#2A9C8A #512A9C #9C2A3C #759C2A

square

#2A9C8A #512A9C #9C2A3C #759C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8A #9C2A75 #9C512A

monochromatic

#103C35 #1D6C5F #2A9C8A #39CAB3 #6AD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2A9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2A9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8A	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#2a9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8a;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62623,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8A

secondary

#BD6573

accent

#475FE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8A

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

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