#2A99A5#2A99A5

#2A99A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99A5
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -26.04, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 30.11, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.087 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.097 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1346, 25.9890, 39.5979)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99A5 #A5362A

analogous

#2AA573 #2A99A5 #2A5BA5

triadic

#2A99A5 #A52A99 #99A52A

tetradic

#2A99A5 #732AA5 #A5362A #5BA52A

square

#2A99A5 #732AA5 #A5362A #5BA52A

split-complementary

#2A99A5 #A52A5B #A5732A

monochromatic

#113F43 #1E6C74 #2A99A5 #3EC0CE #6FD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2A99A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2A99A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99A5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99A5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7bf',
    500: '#2a99a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99a5;
$custom-light: #77b7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62813,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99A5

secondary

#C17269

accent

#5545E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99A5

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

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