#2AA497#2AA497

#2AA497 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA497
RGB	rgb(42, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -35.53, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 35.64, 184.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.1046 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.105 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8135, 29.2751, 33.8786)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA497 #A42A37

analogous

#2AA45A #2AA497 #2A74A4

triadic

#2AA497 #972AA4 #A4972A

tetradic

#2AA497 #5A2AA4 #A42A37 #74A42A

square

#2AA497 #5A2AA4 #A42A37 #74A42A

split-complementary

#2AA497 #A42A74 #A45A2A

monochromatic

#11433D #1E736A #2AA497 #3ECDBE #6EDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#2AA497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#2AA497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA497

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA497	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfb5',
    500: '#2aa497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa497;
$custom-light: #78bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.651,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA497

secondary

#C16972

accent

#4556E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA497

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

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