#2AA6A8#2AA6A8

#2AA6A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA6A8
RGB	rgb(42, 166, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -31.51, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 33.24, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0988 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.103 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6557, 30.5892, 41.8012)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA6A8 #A82C2A

analogous

#2AA86B #2AA6A8 #2A67A8

triadic

#2AA6A8 #A82AA6 #A6A82A

tetradic

#2AA6A8 #6B2AA8 #A82C2A #67A82A

square

#2AA6A8 #6B2AA8 #A82C2A #67A82A

split-complementary

#2AA6A8 #A82A67 #A86B2A

monochromatic

#124546 #1E7677 #2AA6A8 #40CDCF #71DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#2AA6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#2AA6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA6A8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA6A8	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 166, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c1c1',
    500: '#2aa6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa6a8;
$custom-light: #79c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66194,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA6A8

secondary

#C36D6B

accent

#4745E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA6A8

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

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