#2A9C96#2A9C96

#2A9C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C96
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -32.07, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 32.61, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0968 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.098 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3458, 26.4690, 32.9904)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C96 #9C2A30

analogous

#2A9C5D #2A9C96 #2A699C

triadic

#2A9C96 #962A9C #9C962A

tetradic

#2A9C96 #5D2A9C #9C2A30 #699C2A

square

#2A9C96 #5D2A9C #9C2A30 #699C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C96 #9C2A69 #9C5D2A

monochromatic

#103C39 #1D6C68 #2A9C96 #39CAC2 #6AD7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2A9C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2A9C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C96

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C96	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab4',
    500: '#2a9c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c96;
$custom-light: #76bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63019,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C96

secondary

#BD6569

accent

#474FE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C96

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

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