#2A9E8F#2A9E8F

#2A9E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E8F
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -35.01, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 35.04, 182.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1022 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.102 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1372, 26.9270, 30.2228)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E8F #9E2A39

analogous

#2A9E55 #2A9E8F #2A739E

triadic

#2A9E8F #8F2A9E #9E8F2A

tetradic

#2A9E8F #552A9E #9E2A39 #739E2A

square

#2A9E8F #552A9E #9E2A39 #739E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E8F #9E2A73 #9E552A

monochromatic

#103D37 #1D6E63 #2A9E8F #3ACBB8 #6BD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A9E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E8F

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E8F	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbaf',
    500: '#2a9e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e8f;
$custom-light: #76bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63299,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E8F

secondary

#BE6671

accent

#475BE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E8F

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

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