#2A97A3#2A97A3

#2A97A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.096 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97A3
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 163)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -25.66, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 29.74, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0859 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.096 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6294, 25.2676, 38.5385)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97A3 #A3362A

analogous

#2AA372 #2A97A3 #2A5BA3

triadic

#2A97A3 #A32A97 #97A32A

tetradic

#2A97A3 #722AA3 #A3362A #5BA32A

square

#2A97A3 #722AA3 #A3362A #5BA32A

split-complementary

#2A97A3 #A32A5B #A3722A

monochromatic

#113D42 #1D6A72 #2A97A3 #3DBFCD #6ECFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2A97A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2A97A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97A3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97A3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.096 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6be',
    500: '#2a97a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97a3;
$custom-light: #77b6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62231,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97A3

secondary

#C07168

accent

#5546E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97A3

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

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