#2A9D8D#2A9D8D

#2A9D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D8D
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -35.11, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 35.12, 181.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.1021 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.102 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8172, 26.5272, 29.3754)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D8D #9D2A3A

analogous

#2A9D54 #2A9D8D #2A749D

triadic

#2A9D8D #8D2A9D #9D8D2A

tetradic

#2A9D8D #542A9D #9D2A3A #749D2A

square

#2A9D8D #542A9D #9D2A3A #749D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D8D #9D2A74 #9D542A

monochromatic

#103C36 #1D6D62 #2A9D8D #3ACAB6 #6AD7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2A9D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#2A9D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D8D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D8D	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)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baae',
    500: '#2a9d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d8d;
$custom-light: #76baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D8D

secondary

#BE6571

accent

#475CE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D8D

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

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