#2A9D99#2A9D99

#2A9D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D99
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -31.67, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.44, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0965 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.098 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7589, 26.9039, 34.3351)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D99 #9D2A2E

analogous

#2A9D60 #2A9D99 #2A689D

triadic

#2A9D99 #992A9D #9D992A

tetradic

#2A9D99 #602A9D #9D2A2E #689D2A

square

#2A9D99 #602A9D #9D2A2E #689D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D99 #9D2A68 #9D602A

monochromatic

#103C3B #1D6D6A #2A9D99 #3ACAC5 #6AD7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2A9D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D99

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D99	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bab7',
    500: '#2a9d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d99;
$custom-light: #77bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.913,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D99

secondary

#BE6568

accent

#474CE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D99

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

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