#2AA4B8#2AA4B8

#2AA4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA4B8
RGB	rgb(42, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -25.54, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 32.25, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.09 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.105 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8783, 30.5010, 50.0196)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA4B8 #B83E2A

analogous

#2AB885 #2AA4B8 #2A5DB8

triadic

#2AA4B8 #B82AA4 #A4B82A

tetradic

#2AA4B8 #852AB8 #B83E2A #5DB82A

square

#2AA4B8 #852AB8 #B83E2A #5DB82A

split-complementary

#2AA4B8 #B82A5D #B8852A

monochromatic

#134B54 #1F7886 #2AA4B8 #4AC2D6 #7BD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#2AA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#2AA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA4B8

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA4B8	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfcd',
    500: '#2aa4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa4b8;
$custom-light: #7bbfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66312,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA4B8

secondary

#C98175

accent

#5942E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA4B8

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

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