#2A9F8B#2A9F8B

#2A9F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F8B
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -36.57, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 36.60, 178.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1051 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.105 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0109, 27.1505, 28.7124)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F8B #9F2A3E

analogous

#2A9F51 #2A9F8B #2A789F

triadic

#2A9F8B #8B2A9F #9F8B2A

tetradic

#2A9F8B #512A9F #9F2A3E #789F2A

square

#2A9F8B #512A9F #9F2A3E #789F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F8B #9F2A78 #9F512A

monochromatic

#103E36 #1D6F61 #2A9F8B #3BCBB3 #6BD8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2A9F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2A9F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F8B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F8B	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)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcac',
    500: '#2a9f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f8b;
$custom-light: #76bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.744,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F8B

secondary

#BF6675

accent

#4661E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F8B

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

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