#2AA8A5#2AA8A5

#2AA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AA8A5
RGBrgb(42, 168, 165)
HSLhsl(179, 60%, 41%)
HSVhsv(179, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.69, -33.35, -8.13)
CIE-LCHlch(62.69, 34.33, 193.70°)
OKLaboklab(66.59% -0.1022 -0.0227)
OKLCHoklch(66.59% 0.105 192.5)
XYZxyz(21.7459, 31.2115, 40.4683)
Luminance0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AA8A5 #A82A2D
analogous
#2AA866 #2AA8A5 #2A6CA8
triadic
#2AA8A5 #A52AA8 #A8A52A
tetradic
#2AA8A5 #662AA8 #A82A2D #6CA82A
square
#2AA8A5 #662AA8 #A82A2D #6CA82A
split-complementary
#2AA8A5 #A82A6C #A8662A
monochromatic
#124645 #1E7775 #2AA8A5 #40CFCC #71DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90
#2AA8A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24
#2AA8A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8A5
7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AA8A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AA8A51.002.907.247.24
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2421.001.001.00
##0000007.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D9FA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B92A6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2aa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 192.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2bf',
    500: '#2aa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2aa8a5;
$custom-light: #79c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2aa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6659,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AA8A5
secondary
#C36B6D
accent
#4548E3
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF8F7
border
#CAD1D0
text
#0B1212
muted
#7C8181

Preview Lab

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#2AA8A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva