#2A9D9A#2A9D9A

#2A9D9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D9A
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -31.37, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 32.27, 193.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.096 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8419, 26.9370, 34.7719)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D9A #9D2A2D

analogous

#2A9D61 #2A9D9A #2A679D

triadic

#2A9D9A #9A2A9D #9D9A2A

tetradic

#2A9D9A #612A9D #9D2A2D #679D2A

square

#2A9D9A #612A9D #9D2A2D #679D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D9A #9D2A67 #9D612A

monochromatic

#103C3B #1D6D6B #2A9D9A #3ACAC7 #6AD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A9D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D9A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D9A	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bab7',
    500: '#2a9d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d9a;
$custom-light: #77bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.435,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D9A

secondary

#BE6567

accent

#474BE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D9A

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

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