#2A9C8B#2A9C8B

#2A9C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8B
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -35.21, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 35.21, 180.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.102 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.102 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5012, 26.1312, 28.5425)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8B #9C2A3B

analogous

#2A9C52 #2A9C8B #2A749C

triadic

#2A9C8B #8B2A9C #9C8B2A

tetradic

#2A9C8B #522A9C #9C2A3B #749C2A

square

#2A9C8B #522A9C #9C2A3B #749C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8B #9C2A74 #9C522A

monochromatic

#103C35 #1D6C60 #2A9C8B #39CAB4 #6AD7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2A9C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2A9C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8B	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#2a9c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8b;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8B

secondary

#BD6572

accent

#475EE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8B

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

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