#2A9D8A#2A9D8A

#2A9D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D8A
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -35.94, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 35.95, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.1035 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.104 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5970, 26.4391, 28.2157)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D8A #9D2A3D

analogous

#2A9D51 #2A9D8A #2A779D

triadic

#2A9D8A #8A2A9D #9D8A2A

tetradic

#2A9D8A #512A9D #9D2A3D #779D2A

square

#2A9D8A #512A9D #9D2A3D #779D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D8A #9D2A77 #9D512A

monochromatic

#103C35 #1D6D60 #2A9D8A #3ACAB2 #6AD7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2A9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2A9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D8A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D8A	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)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#2a9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d8a;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62882,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D8A

secondary

#BE6574

accent

#4760E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D8A

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

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