#2A9F8D#2A9F8D

#2A9F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F8D
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -36.03, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 36.03, 179.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.1042 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(18.1583, 27.2094, 29.4891)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F8D #9F2A3C

analogous

#2A9F53 #2A9F8D #2A779F

triadic

#2A9F8D #8D2A9F #9F8D2A

tetradic

#2A9F8D #532A9F #9F2A3C #779F2A

square

#2A9F8D #532A9F #9F2A3C #779F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F8D #9F2A77 #9F532A

monochromatic

#103E37 #1D6F62 #2A9F8D #3BCBB5 #6BD8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2A9F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F8D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F8D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcae',
    500: '#2a9f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f8d;
$custom-light: #76bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.27212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F8D

secondary

#BF6674

accent

#465EE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F8D

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

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