#2A96A8#2A96A8

#2A96A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A96A8
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -23.55, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 29.69, 217.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0827 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.097 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9260, 25.1298, 40.8913)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A96A8 #A83C2A

analogous

#2AA87B #2A96A8 #2A57A8

triadic

#2A96A8 #A82A96 #96A82A

tetradic

#2A96A8 #7B2AA8 #A83C2A #57A82A

square

#2A96A8 #7B2AA8 #A83C2A #57A82A

split-complementary

#2A96A8 #A82A57 #A87B2A

monochromatic

#123F46 #1E6A77 #2A96A8 #40BBCF #71CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2A96A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2A96A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A96A8

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A96A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A96A8	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7684A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a96a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c1',
    500: '#2a96a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a96a8;
$custom-light: #77b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a96a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62182,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A96A8

secondary

#C3786B

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A96A8

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

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