#2A9C8C#2A9C8C

#2A9C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8C
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -34.93, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 34.94, 181.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1015 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.102 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5746, 26.1605, 28.9291)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8C #9C2A3A

analogous

#2A9C53 #2A9C8C #2A739C

triadic

#2A9C8C #8C2A9C #9C8C2A

tetradic

#2A9C8C #532A9C #9C2A3A #739C2A

square

#2A9C8C #532A9C #9C2A3A #739C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8C #9C2A73 #9C532A

monochromatic

#103C35 #1D6C61 #2A9C8C #39CAB6 #6AD7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2A9C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2A9C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8C	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)

#95938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baad',
    500: '#2a9c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8c;
$custom-light: #75baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8C

secondary

#BD6571

accent

#475DE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8C

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

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