#2A9E8E#2A9E8E

#2A9E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E8E
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -35.29, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 35.30, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1027 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0618, 26.8968, 29.8256)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E8E #9E2A3A

analogous

#2A9E54 #2A9E8E #2A749E

triadic

#2A9E8E #8E2A9E #9E8E2A

tetradic

#2A9E8E #542A9E #9E2A3A #749E2A

square

#2A9E8E #542A9E #9E2A3A #749E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E8E #9E2A74 #9E542A

monochromatic

#103D37 #1D6E63 #2A9E8E #3ACBB7 #6BD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2A9E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E8E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E8E	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbaf',
    500: '#2a9e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e8e;
$custom-light: #76bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E8E

secondary

#BE6672

accent

#475CE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E8E

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

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