#2A97A8#2A97A8

#2A97A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.097 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97A8
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 10.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -24.06, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 29.82, 216.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0837 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.097 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0863, 25.4503, 40.9447)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97A8 #A83B2A

analogous

#2AA87A #2A97A8 #2A58A8

triadic

#2A97A8 #A82A97 #97A82A

tetradic

#2A97A8 #7A2AA8 #A83B2A #58A82A

square

#2A97A8 #7A2AA8 #A83B2A #58A82A

split-complementary

#2A97A8 #A82A58 #A87A2A

monochromatic

#123F46 #1E6B77 #2A97A8 #40BCCF #71CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2A97A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2A97A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97A8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97A8	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.097 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6c1',
    500: '#2a97a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97a8;
$custom-light: #78b6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62432,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97A8

secondary

#C3776B

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97A8

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

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