#2799A9#2799A9

#2799A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799A9
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -25.11, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 30.49, 214.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0865 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.099 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3862, 26.0760, 41.5399)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799A9 #A93727

analogous

#27A978 #2799A9 #2758A9

triadic

#2799A9 #A92799 #99A927

tetradic

#2799A9 #7827A9 #A93727 #58A927

square

#2799A9 #7827A9 #A93727 #58A927

split-complementary

#2799A9 #A92758 #A97827

monochromatic

#103F46 #1C6C77 #2799A9 #3BBFD2 #6DD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2799A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2799A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799A9

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799A9	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7c2',
    500: '#2799a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799a9;
$custom-light: #77b7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799A9

secondary

#C47368

accent

#5642E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799A9

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

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