#2A9C8D#2A9C8D

#2A9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8D
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -34.65, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 34.67, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1011 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6487, 26.1902, 29.3192)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8D #9C2A39

analogous

#2A9C54 #2A9C8D #2A729C

triadic

#2A9C8D #8D2A9C #9C8D2A

tetradic

#2A9C8D #542A9C #9C2A39 #729C2A

square

#2A9C8D #542A9C #9C2A39 #729C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8D #9C2A72 #9C542A

monochromatic

#103C36 #1D6C61 #2A9C8D #39CAB7 #6AD7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2A9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2A9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8D	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baae',
    500: '#2a9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8d;
$custom-light: #76baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8D

secondary

#BD6570

accent

#475BE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8D

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

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