#2A9C8E#2A9C8E

#2A9C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8E
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -34.37, -1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 34.41, 182.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.1006 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.101 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.7234, 26.2201, 29.7128)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8E #9C2A38

analogous

#2A9C55 #2A9C8E #2A719C

triadic

#2A9C8E #8E2A9C #9C8E2A

tetradic

#2A9C8E #552A9C #9C2A38 #719C2A

square

#2A9C8E #552A9C #9C2A38 #719C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8E #9C2A71 #9C552A

monochromatic

#103C36 #1D6C62 #2A9C8E #39CAB8 #6AD7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2A9C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2A9C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8E	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baaf',
    500: '#2a9c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8e;
$custom-light: #76baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8E

secondary

#BD656F

accent

#475AE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8E

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

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