#2AA9A4#2AA9A4

#2AA9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9A4
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -34.12, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 34.86, 191.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.1037 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.106 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8405, 31.5459, 40.0526)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9A4 #A92A2F

analogous

#2AA965 #2AA9A4 #2A6FA9

triadic

#2AA9A4 #A42AA9 #A9A42A

tetradic

#2AA9A4 #652AA9 #A92A2F #6FA92A

square

#2AA9A4 #652AA9 #A92A2F #6FA92A

split-complementary

#2AA9A4 #A92A6F #A9652A

monochromatic

#124745 #1E7874 #2AA9A4 #41D0CA #72DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#2AA9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#2AA9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9A4

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9A4	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3be',
    500: '#2aa9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9a4;
$custom-light: #79c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9A4

secondary

#C36C6F

accent

#444BE3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9A4

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

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