#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
RGBrgb(42, 169, 168)
HSLhsl(180, 60%, 41%)
HSVhsv(180, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.09, -32.94, -9.21)
CIE-LCHlch(63.09, 34.20, 195.62°)
OKLaboklab(66.95% -0.1018 -0.0256)
OKLCHoklch(66.95% 0.105 194.1)
XYZxyz(22.2074, 31.6926, 41.9851)
Luminance0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##2AA9A81.002.867.347.34
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3421.001.001.00
##0000007.3421.001.001.00

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

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#2AA9A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva