#2A9D8F#2A9D8F

#2A9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D8F
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -34.55, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 34.60, 182.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1012 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.101 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.9673, 26.5872, 30.1662)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D8F #9D2A38

analogous

#2A9D56 #2A9D8F #2A729D

triadic

#2A9D8F #8F2A9D #9D8F2A

tetradic

#2A9D8F #562A9D #9D2A38 #729D2A

square

#2A9D8F #562A9D #9D2A38 #729D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D8F #9D2A72 #9D562A

monochromatic

#103C37 #1D6D63 #2A9D8F #3ACAB9 #6AD7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2A9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#2A9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D8F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D8F	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baaf',
    500: '#2a9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d8f;
$custom-light: #76baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63042,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.26589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D8F

secondary

#BE6570

accent

#475AE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D8F

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

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