#2AAE8E#2AAE8E

#2AAE8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAE8E
RGB	rgb(42, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -42.39, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 42.89, 171.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.119 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.12 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9708, 32.7148, 30.7953)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAE8E #AE2A4A

analogous

#2AAE4C #2AAE8E #2A8CAE

triadic

#2AAE8E #8E2AAE #AE8E2A

tetradic

#2AAE8E #4C2AAE #AE2A4A #8CAE2A

square

#2AAE8E #4C2AAE #AE2A4A #8CAE2A

split-complementary

#2AAE8E #AE2A8C #AE4C2A

monochromatic

#124B3E #1E7D66 #2AAE8E #43D2AF #75DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#2AAE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#2AAE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAE8E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAE8E	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7af',
    500: '#2aae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aae8e;
$custom-light: #79c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67396,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAE8E

secondary

#C56F84

accent

#446BE4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAE8E

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

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