#2A9E87#2A9E87

#2A9E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E87
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -37.20, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 37.32, 175.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.106 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.106 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5527, 26.6932, 27.1442)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E87 #9E2A41

analogous

#2A9E4D #2A9E87 #2A7B9E

triadic

#2A9E87 #872A9E #9E872A

tetradic

#2A9E87 #4D2A9E #9E2A41 #7B9E2A

square

#2A9E87 #4D2A9E #9E2A41 #7B9E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E87 #9E2A7B #9E4D2A

monochromatic

#103D34 #1D6E5E #2A9E87 #3ACBAE #6BD8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2A9E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#2A9E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E87

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E87	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bba9',
    500: '#2a9e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e87;
$custom-light: #75bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6305,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E87

secondary

#BE6677

accent

#4765E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E87

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

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