#2AA4A9#2AA4A9

#2AA4A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA4A9
RGB	rgb(42, 164, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -30.24, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 32.55, 201.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0964 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.102 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3885, 29.9051, 42.1734)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA4A9 #A92F2A

analogous

#2AA96F #2AA4A9 #2A65A9

triadic

#2AA4A9 #A92AA4 #A4A92A

tetradic

#2AA4A9 #6F2AA9 #A92F2A #65A92A

square

#2AA4A9 #6F2AA9 #A92F2A #65A92A

split-complementary

#2AA4A9 #A92A65 #A96F2A

monochromatic

#124547 #1E7478 #2AA4A9 #41CAD0 #72D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#2AA4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#2AA4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA4A9

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA4A9	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 164, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bfc2',
    500: '#2aa4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa4a9;
$custom-light: #79bfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.362,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65728,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA4A9

secondary

#C36F6C

accent

#4B44E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA4A9

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

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