#2AA9B6#2AA9B6

#2AA9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9B6
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -28.67, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 33.01, 209.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0957 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5826, 32.2427, 49.2275)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9B6 #B6372A

analogous

#2AB67D #2AA9B6 #2A63B6

triadic

#2AA9B6 #B62AA9 #A9B62A

tetradic

#2AA9B6 #7D2AB6 #B6372A #63B62A

square

#2AA9B6 #7D2AB6 #B6372A #63B62A

split-complementary

#2AA9B6 #B62A63 #B67D2A

monochromatic

#134D53 #1F7B84 #2AA9B6 #48C8D5 #7AD7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#2AA9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#2AA9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9B6

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9B6	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8794B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3cb',
    500: '#2aa9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9b6;
$custom-light: #7bc3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9B6

secondary

#C87B73

accent

#5142E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9B6

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

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