#2A97A9#2A97A9

#2A97A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97A9
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -23.74, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 29.87, 217.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0833 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.097 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1798, 25.4877, 41.4372)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97A9 #A93C2A

analogous

#2AA97C #2A97A9 #2A58A9

triadic

#2A97A9 #A92A97 #97A92A

tetradic

#2A97A9 #7C2AA9 #A93C2A #58A92A

square

#2A97A9 #7C2AA9 #A93C2A #58A92A

split-complementary

#2A97A9 #A92A58 #A97C2A

monochromatic

#123F47 #1E6B78 #2A97A9 #41BBD0 #72CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2A97A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2A97A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97A9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97A9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6c2',
    500: '#2a97a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97a9;
$custom-light: #78b6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97A9

secondary

#C3786C

accent

#5B44E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97A9

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

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