#2A9E8D#2A9E8D

#2A9E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E8D
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -35.57, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 35.57, 180.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1031 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.103 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9871, 26.8669, 29.4320)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E8D #9E2A3B

analogous

#2A9E53 #2A9E8D #2A759E

triadic

#2A9E8D #8D2A9E #9E8D2A

tetradic

#2A9E8D #532A9E #9E2A3B #759E2A

square

#2A9E8D #532A9E #9E2A3B #759E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E8D #9E2A75 #9E532A

monochromatic

#103D37 #1D6E62 #2A9E8D #3ACBB6 #6BD8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#2A9E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E8D

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E8D	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbae',
    500: '#2a9e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e8d;
$custom-light: #76bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.207,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63236,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E8D

secondary

#BE6673

accent

#475DE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E8D

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

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