#2A9C8F#2A9C8F

#2A9C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C8F
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -34.09, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 34.16, 183.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.1001 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.1 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7989, 26.2502, 30.1100)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C8F #9C2A37

analogous

#2A9C56 #2A9C8F #2A709C

triadic

#2A9C8F #8F2A9C #9C8F2A

tetradic

#2A9C8F #562A9C #9C2A37 #709C2A

square

#2A9C8F #562A9C #9C2A37 #709C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C8F #9C2A70 #9C562A

monochromatic

#103C37 #1D6C63 #2A9C8F #39CAB9 #6AD7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2A9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#2A9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C8F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C8F	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baaf',
    500: '#2a9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c8f;
$custom-light: #76baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.158,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C8F

secondary

#BD656F

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C8F

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

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