#2AA9A8#2AA9A8

#2AA9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9A8
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -32.94, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 34.20, 195.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.1018 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.105 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2074, 31.6926, 41.9851)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9A8 #A92A2B

analogous

#2AA969 #2AA9A8 #2A6BA9

triadic

#2AA9A8 #A82AA9 #A9A82A

tetradic

#2AA9A8 #692AA9 #A92A2B #6BA92A

square

#2AA9A8 #692AA9 #A92A2B #6BA92A

split-complementary

#2AA9A8 #A92A6B #A9692A

monochromatic

#124747 #1E7877 #2AA9A8 #41D0CF #72DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#2AA9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#2AA9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9A8

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9A8	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c1',
    500: '#2aa9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9a8;
$custom-light: #7ac3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.528,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9A8

secondary

#C36C6C

accent

#4446E3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9A8

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

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