#2AA8AC#2AA8AC

#2AA8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8AC
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -31.26, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 33.39, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0991 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4005, 31.4733, 43.9161)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8AC #AC2E2A

analogous

#2AAC6F #2AA8AC #2A67AC

triadic

#2AA8AC #AC2AA8 #A8AC2A

tetradic

#2AA8AC #6F2AAC #AC2E2A #67AC2A

square

#2AA8AC #6F2AAC #AC2E2A #67AC2A

split-complementary

#2AA8AC #AC2A67 #AC6F2A

monochromatic

#12484A #1E787B #2AA8AC #42CDD1 #73DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#2AA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#2AA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8AC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8AC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c4',
    500: '#2aa8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8ac;
$custom-light: #7ac2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66841,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8AC

secondary

#C4706D

accent

#4944E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8AC

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

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