#2A9C99#2A9C99

#2A9C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C99
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -31.19, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 32.08, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0955 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5904, 26.5669, 34.2790)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C99 #9C2A2D

analogous

#2A9C60 #2A9C99 #2A669C

triadic

#2A9C99 #992A9C #9C992A

tetradic

#2A9C99 #602A9C #9C2A2D #669C2A

square

#2A9C99 #602A9C #9C2A2D #669C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C99 #9C2A66 #9C602A

monochromatic

#103C3A #1D6C6A #2A9C99 #39CAC6 #6AD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2A9C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#2A9C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C99

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C99	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b7',
    500: '#2a9c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c99;
$custom-light: #77b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63124,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C99

secondary

#BD6567

accent

#474BE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C99

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

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