#2AAE96#2AAE96

#2AAE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAE96
RGB	rgb(42, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -40.30, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 40.37, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1152 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.115 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5931, 32.9637, 34.0728)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAE96 #AE2A42

analogous

#2AAE54 #2AAE96 #2A84AE

triadic

#2AAE96 #962AAE #AE962A

tetradic

#2AAE96 #542AAE #AE2A42 #84AE2A

square

#2AAE96 #542AAE #AE2A42 #84AE2A

split-complementary

#2AAE96 #AE2A84 #AE542A

monochromatic

#124B41 #1E7D6C #2AAE96 #43D2B8 #75DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#2AAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#2AAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAE96

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAE96	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7b4',
    500: '#2aae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aae96;
$custom-light: #79c7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67628,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAE96

secondary

#C56F7E

accent

#4461E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAE96

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

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