#2AA8A0#2AA8A0

#2AA8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8A0
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -34.81, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 35.25, 189.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.1045 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.106 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2996, 31.0330, 38.1183)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8A0 #A82A32

analogous

#2AA861 #2AA8A0 #2A71A8

triadic

#2AA8A0 #A02AA8 #A8A02A

tetradic

#2AA8A0 #612AA8 #A82A32 #71A82A

square

#2AA8A0 #612AA8 #A82A32 #71A82A

split-complementary

#2AA8A0 #A82A71 #A8612A

monochromatic

#124643 #1E7771 #2AA8A0 #40CFC6 #71DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#2AA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#2AA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8A0

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8A0	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2bc',
    500: '#2aa8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8a0;
$custom-light: #79c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.19,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66418,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8A0

secondary

#C36B71

accent

#454FE3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8A0

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

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