#2AA5A8#2AA5A8

#2AA5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA5A8
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -31.03, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 32.94, 199.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0978 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4746, 30.2271, 41.7408)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA5A8 #A82D2A

analogous

#2AA86C #2AA5A8 #2A66A8

triadic

#2AA5A8 #A82AA5 #A5A82A

tetradic

#2AA5A8 #6C2AA8 #A82D2A #66A82A

square

#2AA5A8 #6C2AA8 #A82D2A #66A82A

split-complementary

#2AA5A8 #A82A66 #A86C2A

monochromatic

#124546 #1E7577 #2AA5A8 #40CCCF #71D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#2AA5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#2AA5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA5A8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA5A8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c1',
    500: '#2aa5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa5a8;
$custom-light: #79c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65943,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA5A8

secondary

#C36D6B

accent

#4845E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA5A8

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

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