#2A9D9B#2A9D9B

#2A9D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D9B
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -31.08, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 32.11, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0956 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9255, 26.9705, 35.2124)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D9B #9D2A2C

analogous

#2A9D62 #2A9D9B #2A669D

triadic

#2A9D9B #9B2A9D #9D9B2A

tetradic

#2A9D9B #622A9D #9D2A2C #669D2A

square

#2A9D9B #622A9D #9D2A2C #669D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D9B #9D2A66 #9D622A

monochromatic

#103C3C #1D6D6B #2A9D9B #3ACAC8 #6AD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A9D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D9B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D9B	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bab8',
    500: '#2a9d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d9b;
$custom-light: #77bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.957,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D9B

secondary

#BE6567

accent

#4749E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D9B

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

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