#2A97A0#2A97A0

#2A97A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97A0
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 160)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -26.60, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 29.82, 206.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0872 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3638, 25.1613, 37.1397)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97A0 #A0332A

analogous

#2AA06E #2A97A0 #2A5CA0

triadic

#2A97A0 #A02A97 #97A02A

tetradic

#2A97A0 #6E2AA0 #A0332A #5CA02A

square

#2A97A0 #6E2AA0 #A0332A #5CA02A

split-complementary

#2A97A0 #A02A5C #A06E2A

monochromatic

#113C3F #1D6970 #2A97A0 #3CC1CC #6CD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2A97A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2A97A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97A0

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97A0	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)

#8B90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A84A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6bc',
    500: '#2a97a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97a0;
$custom-light: #77b6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97A0

secondary

#BF6D67

accent

#5246E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97A0

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

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