#2AA9AE#2AA9AE

#2AA9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9AE
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -31.14, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 33.47, 201.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0992 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(22.7793, 31.9214, 44.9971)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9AE #AE2F2A

analogous

#2AAE71 #2AA9AE #2A67AE

triadic

#2AA9AE #AE2AA9 #A9AE2A

tetradic

#2AA9AE #712AAE #AE2F2A #67AE2A

square

#2AA9AE #712AAE #AE2F2A #67AE2A

split-complementary

#2AA9AE #AE2A67 #AE712A

monochromatic

#12494B #1E797D #2AA9AE #43CCD2 #75DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#2AA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#2AA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9AE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9AE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c6',
    500: '#2aa9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9ae;
$custom-light: #7ac3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67165,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.31924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9AE

secondary

#C5726F

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9AE

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

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