#2A96A9#2A96A9

#2A96A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A96A9
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -23.23, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 29.76, 218.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0823 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.097 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0195, 25.1672, 41.3838)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A96A9 #A93D2A

analogous

#2AA97D #2A96A9 #2A57A9

triadic

#2A96A9 #A92A96 #96A92A

tetradic

#2A96A9 #7D2AA9 #A93D2A #57A92A

square

#2A96A9 #7D2AA9 #A93D2A #57A92A

split-complementary

#2A96A9 #A92A57 #A97D2A

monochromatic

#123F47 #1E6A78 #2A96A9 #41BAD0 #72CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2A96A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2A96A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A96A9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A96A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A96A9	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)

#8791AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7684A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a96a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5c2',
    500: '#2a96a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a96a9;
$custom-light: #78b5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a96a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A96A9

secondary

#C3796C

accent

#5C44E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A96A9

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

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