#2A9E9F#2A9E9F

#2A9E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9E9F
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -30.36, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 31.86, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0948 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4369, 27.4468, 37.0675)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9E9F #9F2B2A

analogous

#2A9F66 #2A9E9F #2A649F

triadic

#2A9E9F #9F2A9E #9E9F2A

tetradic

#2A9E9F #662A9F #9F2B2A #649F2A

square

#2A9E9F #662A9F #9F2B2A #649F2A

split-complementary

#2A9E9F #9F2A64 #9F662A

monochromatic

#103E3E #1D6E6F #2A9E9F #3BCACB #6BD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2A9E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9E9F

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9E9F	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbb',
    500: '#2a9e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9e9f;
$custom-light: #77bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9E9F

secondary

#BF6766

accent

#4846E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9E9F

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

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