#2AA9AD#2AA9AD

#2AA9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9AD
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 173)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -31.44, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 33.57, 200.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0996 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6822, 31.8825, 44.4856)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9AD #AD2E2A

analogous

#2AAD70 #2AA9AD #2A68AD

triadic

#2AA9AD #AD2AA9 #A9AD2A

tetradic

#2AA9AD #702AAD #AD2E2A #68AD2A

square

#2AA9AD #702AAD #AD2E2A #68AD2A

split-complementary

#2AA9AD #AD2A68 #AD702A

monochromatic

#12494B #1E797C #2AA9AD #43CDD1 #74DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#2AA9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#2AA9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9AD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9AD	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c5',
    500: '#2aa9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9ad;
$custom-light: #7ac3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67128,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9AD

secondary

#C5716E

accent

#4944E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9AD

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

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