#2A9F99#2A9F99

#2A9F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F99
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -32.62, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 33.18, 190.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0985 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.1 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1001, 27.5861, 34.4488)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F99 #9F2A30

analogous

#2A9F5F #2A9F99 #2A6B9F

triadic

#2A9F99 #992A9F #9F992A

tetradic

#2A9F99 #5F2A9F #9F2A30 #6B9F2A

square

#2A9F99 #5F2A9F #9F2A30 #6B9F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F99 #9F2A6B #9F5F2A

monochromatic

#103E3C #1D6F6A #2A9F99 #3BCBC4 #6BD8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F99

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F99	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcb7',
    500: '#2a9f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f99;
$custom-light: #77bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6389,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F99

secondary

#BF666B

accent

#464EE1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F99

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

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