#2A9E89#2A9E89

#2A9E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E89
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -36.66, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 36.71, 177.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.1051 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.105 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6948, 26.7500, 27.8928)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E89 #9E2A3F

analogous

#2A9E4F #2A9E89 #2A799E

triadic

#2A9E89 #892A9E #9E892A

tetradic

#2A9E89 #4F2A9E #9E2A3F #799E2A

square

#2A9E89 #4F2A9E #9E2A3F #799E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E89 #9E2A79 #9E4F2A

monochromatic

#103D35 #1D6E5F #2A9E89 #3ACBB1 #6BD8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#2A9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#2A9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E89

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E89	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbab',
    500: '#2a9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e89;
$custom-light: #76bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.138,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E89

secondary

#BE6676

accent

#4763E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E89

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

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