#2A9E96#2A9E96

#2A9E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E96
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -33.02, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 33.40, 188.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0989 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.1 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6841, 27.1457, 33.1032)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E96 #9E2A32

analogous

#2A9E5C #2A9E96 #2A6C9E

triadic

#2A9E96 #962A9E #9E962A

tetradic

#2A9E96 #5C2A9E #9E2A32 #6C9E2A

square

#2A9E96 #5C2A9E #9E2A32 #6C9E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E96 #9E2A6C #9E5C2A

monochromatic

#103D3A #1D6E68 #2A9E96 #3ACBC1 #6BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2A9E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2A9E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E96

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E96	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbb4',
    500: '#2a9e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e96;
$custom-light: #77bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63531,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E96

secondary

#BE666C

accent

#4751E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E96

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

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