#2A9E99#2A9E99

#2A9E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E99
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -32.15, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 32.81, 191.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0975 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.099 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9288, 27.2436, 34.3917)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E99 #9E2A2F

analogous

#2A9E5F #2A9E99 #2A699E

triadic

#2A9E99 #992A9E #9E992A

tetradic

#2A9E99 #5F2A9E #9E2A2F #699E2A

square

#2A9E99 #5F2A9E #9E2A2F #699E2A

split-complementary

#2A9E99 #9E2A69 #9E5F2A

monochromatic

#103D3B #1D6E6A #2A9E99 #3ACBC5 #6BD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2A9E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E99

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E99	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbb7',
    500: '#2a9e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e99;
$custom-light: #77bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E99

secondary

#BE6669

accent

#474DE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E99

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

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