#2AA496#2AA496

#2AA496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA496
RGB	rgb(42, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -35.81, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 35.88, 183.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.1051 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.105 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7327, 29.2428, 33.4527)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA496 #A42A38

analogous

#2AA459 #2AA496 #2A75A4

triadic

#2AA496 #962AA4 #A4962A

tetradic

#2AA496 #592AA4 #A42A38 #75A42A

square

#2AA496 #592AA4 #A42A38 #75A42A

split-complementary

#2AA496 #A42A75 #A4592A

monochromatic

#11433D #1E7369 #2AA496 #3ECDBD #6EDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#2AA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#2AA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA496

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA496	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfb4',
    500: '#2aa496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa496;
$custom-light: #78bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65068,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA496

secondary

#C16973

accent

#4557E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA496

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

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