#2AA8A9#2AA8A9

#2AA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8A9
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -32.17, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 33.74, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.1004 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.104 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1156, 31.3594, 42.4158)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8A9 #A92B2A

analogous

#2AA96B #2AA8A9 #2A69A9

triadic

#2AA8A9 #A92AA8 #A8A92A

tetradic

#2AA8A9 #6B2AA9 #A92B2A #69A92A

square

#2AA8A9 #6B2AA9 #A92B2A #69A92A

split-complementary

#2AA8A9 #A92A69 #A96B2A

monochromatic

#124747 #1E7778 #2AA8A9 #41CFD0 #72DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#2AA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#2AA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8A9

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8A9	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c2',
    500: '#2aa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8a9;
$custom-light: #7ac2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8A9

secondary

#C36C6C

accent

#4644E3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8A9

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

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