#2A9C9B#2A9C9B

#2A9C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.097 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C9B
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -30.59, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 31.76, 195.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0945 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.097 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7570, 26.6335, 35.1562)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C9B #9C2A2B

analogous

#2A9C62 #2A9C9B #2A649C

triadic

#2A9C9B #9B2A9C #9C9B2A

tetradic

#2A9C9B #622A9C #9C2A2B #649C2A

square

#2A9C9B #622A9C #9C2A2B #649C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C9B #9C2A64 #9C622A

monochromatic

#103C3B #1D6C6B #2A9C9B #39CAC9 #6AD7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2A9C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#2A9C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C9B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C9B	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.097 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9b8',
    500: '#2a9c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c9b;
$custom-light: #77b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C9B

secondary

#BD6565

accent

#4748E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C9B

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

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