#2AAD9C#2AAD9C

#2AAD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAD9C
RGB	rgb(42, 173, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -38.23, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 38.25, 181.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.1114 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.111 182)
XYZ	xyz(21.8962, 32.7770, 36.6186)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAD9C #AD2A3B

analogous

#2AAD5B #2AAD9C #2A7CAD

triadic

#2AAD9C #9C2AAD #AD9C2A

tetradic

#2AAD9C #5B2AAD #AD2A3B #7CAD2A

square

#2AAD9C #5B2AAD #AD2A3B #7CAD2A

split-complementary

#2AAD9C #AD2A7C #AD5B2A

monochromatic

#124B43 #1E7C70 #2AAD9C #43D1BF #74DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#2AAD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#2AAD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAD9C

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAD9C	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aad9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 173, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c6b9',
    500: '#2aad9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aad9c;
$custom-light: #79c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aad9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.214,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67558,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAD9C

secondary

#C56E79

accent

#4459E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAD9C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →