#2AA59C#2AA59C

#2AA59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA59C
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 156)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -34.57, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 34.91, 188.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.1033 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.104 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4079, 29.8003, 36.1225)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA59C #A52A33

analogous

#2AA55E #2AA59C #2A70A5

triadic

#2AA59C #9C2AA5 #A59C2A

tetradic

#2AA59C #5E2AA5 #A52A33 #70A52A

square

#2AA59C #5E2AA5 #A52A33 #70A52A

split-complementary

#2AA59C #A52A70 #A55E2A

monochromatic

#114340 #1E746E #2AA59C #3ECEC3 #6FDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#2AA59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#2AA59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA59C

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA59C	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0b9',
    500: '#2aa59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa59c;
$custom-light: #78c0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65521,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA59C

secondary

#C16970

accent

#4551E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA59C

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

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