#2A97A4#2A97A4

#2A97A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97A4
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -25.34, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 29.73, 211.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0854 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.096 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7194, 25.3036, 39.0123)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97A4 #A4372A

analogous

#2AA474 #2A97A4 #2A5AA4

triadic

#2A97A4 #A42A97 #97A42A

tetradic

#2A97A4 #742AA4 #A4372A #5AA42A

square

#2A97A4 #742AA4 #A4372A #5AA42A

split-complementary

#2A97A4 #A42A5A #A4742A

monochromatic

#113D43 #1E6A73 #2A97A4 #3EBECD #6ECFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2A97A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2A97A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97A4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97A4	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6bf',
    500: '#2a97a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97a4;
$custom-light: #77b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.393,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62271,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97A4

secondary

#C17269

accent

#5645E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97A4

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

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