#2AA9AC#2AA9AC

#2AA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9AC
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -31.74, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 33.68, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.1001 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.105 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5858, 31.8440, 43.9779)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9AC #AC2D2A

analogous

#2AAC6E #2AA9AC #2A68AC

triadic

#2AA9AC #AC2AA9 #A9AC2A

tetradic

#2AA9AC #6E2AAC #AC2D2A #68AC2A

square

#2AA9AC #6E2AAC #AC2D2A #68AC2A

split-complementary

#2AA9AC #AC2A68 #AC6E2A

monochromatic

#12484A #1E797B #2AA9AC #42CED1 #73DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#2AA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#2AA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9AC

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9AC	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c4',
    500: '#2aa9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9ac;
$custom-light: #7ac3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9AC

secondary

#C46F6D

accent

#4844E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9AC

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

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