#2A9E8A#2A9E8A

#2A9E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E8A
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -36.39, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 36.42, 177.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.1046 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.105 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7669, 26.7788, 28.2723)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E8A #9E2A3E

analogous

#2A9E50 #2A9E8A #2A789E

triadic

#2A9E8A #8A2A9E #9E8A2A

tetradic

#2A9E8A #502A9E #9E2A3E #789E2A

square

#2A9E8A #502A9E #9E2A3E #789E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E8A #9E2A78 #9E502A

monochromatic

#103D36 #1D6E60 #2A9E8A #3ACBB2 #6BD8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2A9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#2A9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E8A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E8A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbac',
    500: '#2a9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e8a;
$custom-light: #76bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63142,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E8A

secondary

#BE6675

accent

#4761E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E8A

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

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