#2AA5A9#2AA5A9

#2AA5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA5A9
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -30.72, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 32.83, 200.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0974 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.103 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5682, 30.2645, 42.2333)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA5A9 #A92E2A

analogous

#2AA96E #2AA5A9 #2A66A9

triadic

#2AA5A9 #A92AA5 #A5A92A

tetradic

#2AA5A9 #6E2AA9 #A92E2A #66A92A

square

#2AA5A9 #6E2AA9 #A92E2A #66A92A

split-complementary

#2AA5A9 #A92A66 #A96E2A

monochromatic

#124547 #1E7578 #2AA5A9 #41CBD0 #72D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#2AA5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#2AA5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA5A9

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA5A9	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)

#999DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c2',
    500: '#2aa5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa5a9;
$custom-light: #79c0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.89,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65979,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA5A9

secondary

#C36F6C

accent

#4944E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA5A9

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

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