#2AA59E#2AA59E

#2AA59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.104 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA59E
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -33.99, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 34.50, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.1024 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.104 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5786, 29.8686, 37.0218)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA59E #A52A31

analogous

#2AA560 #2AA59E #2A6FA5

triadic

#2AA59E #9E2AA5 #A59E2A

tetradic

#2AA59E #602AA5 #A52A31 #6FA52A

square

#2AA59E #602AA5 #A52A31 #6FA52A

split-complementary

#2AA59E #A52A6F #A5602A

monochromatic

#114341 #1E746F #2AA59E #3ECEC6 #6FDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#2AA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#2AA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA59E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA59E	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)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.104 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0ba',
    500: '#2aa59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa59e;
$custom-light: #78c0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.585,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65589,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA59E

secondary

#C1696E

accent

#454EE3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA59E

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

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