#2A9F96#2A9F96

#2A9F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F96
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -33.49, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 33.80, 187.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0999 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.101 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8554, 27.4883, 33.1603)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F96 #9F2A33

analogous

#2A9F5C #2A9F96 #2A6D9F

triadic

#2A9F96 #962A9F #9F962A

tetradic

#2A9F96 #5C2A9F #9F2A33 #6D9F2A

square

#2A9F96 #5C2A9F #9F2A33 #6D9F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F96 #9F2A6D #9F5C2A

monochromatic

#103E3B #1D6F68 #2A9F96 #3BCBC0 #6BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2A9F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F96

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F96	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcb4',
    500: '#2a9f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f96;
$custom-light: #77bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F96

secondary

#BF666D

accent

#4652E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F96

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

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