#2A9F8F#2A9F8F

#2A9F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F8F
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -35.47, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 35.48, 181.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1032 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.103 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3085, 27.2695, 30.2799)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F8F #9F2A3A

analogous

#2A9F55 #2A9F8F #2A759F

triadic

#2A9F8F #8F2A9F #9F8F2A

tetradic

#2A9F8F #552A9F #9F2A3A #759F2A

square

#2A9F8F #552A9F #9F2A3A #759F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F8F #9F2A75 #9F552A

monochromatic

#103E38 #1D6F63 #2A9F8F #3BCBB7 #6BD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2A9F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2A9F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F8F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F8F	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#98958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcaf',
    500: '#2a9f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f8f;
$custom-light: #76bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63557,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F8F

secondary

#BF6672

accent

#465CE1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F8F

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

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