#2AA4A8#2AA4A8

#2AA4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA4A8
RGB	rgb(42, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -30.54, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 32.65, 200.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0968 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.102 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2950, 29.8677, 41.6809)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA4A8 #A82E2A

analogous

#2AA86D #2AA4A8 #2A65A8

triadic

#2AA4A8 #A82AA4 #A4A82A

tetradic

#2AA4A8 #6D2AA8 #A82E2A #65A82A

square

#2AA4A8 #6D2AA8 #A82E2A #65A82A

split-complementary

#2AA4A8 #A82A65 #A86D2A

monochromatic

#124446 #1E7477 #2AA4A8 #40CBCF #71D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#2AA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#2AA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA4A8

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA4A8	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bfc1',
    500: '#2aa4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa4a8;
$custom-light: #79bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65691,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA4A8

secondary

#C36E6B

accent

#4A45E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA4A8

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

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