#2AA9B4#2AA9B4

#2AA9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9B4
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -29.29, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 33.07, 207.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0966 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3774, 32.1606, 48.1467)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9B4 #B4352A

analogous

#2AB47A #2AA9B4 #2A64B4

triadic

#2AA9B4 #B42AA9 #A9B42A

tetradic

#2AA9B4 #7A2AB4 #B4352A #64B42A

square

#2AA9B4 #7A2AB4 #B4352A #64B42A

split-complementary

#2AA9B4 #B42A64 #B47A2A

monochromatic

#134C51 #1E7A82 #2AA9B4 #47C9D4 #79D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#2AA9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#2AA9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9B4

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9B4	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8894B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3ca',
    500: '#2aa9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9b4;
$custom-light: #7bc3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67391,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9B4

secondary

#C87972

accent

#5043E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9B4

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

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