#2A99A9#2A99A9

#2A99A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99A9
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -24.77, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 30.15, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0853 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.098 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5044, 26.1369, 41.5454)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99A9 #A93A2A

analogous

#2AA97A #2A99A9 #2A5AA9

triadic

#2A99A9 #A92A99 #99A92A

tetradic

#2A99A9 #7A2AA9 #A93A2A #5AA92A

square

#2A99A9 #7A2AA9 #A93A2A #5AA92A

split-complementary

#2A99A9 #A92A5A #A97A2A

monochromatic

#124047 #1E6D78 #2A99A9 #41BED0 #72CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2A99A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2A99A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99A9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99A9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7c2',
    500: '#2a99a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99a9;
$custom-light: #78b7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.559,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62973,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99A9

secondary

#C3776C

accent

#5844E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99A9

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

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