#2A9AA5#2A9AA5

#2A9AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9AA5
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -26.54, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 30.32, 208.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0881 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2990, 26.3177, 39.6527)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9AA5 #A5352A

analogous

#2AA572 #2A9AA5 #2A5CA5

triadic

#2A9AA5 #A52A9A #9AA52A

tetradic

#2A9AA5 #722AA5 #A5352A #5CA52A

square

#2A9AA5 #722AA5 #A5352A #5CA52A

split-complementary

#2A9AA5 #A52A5C #A5722A

monochromatic

#113F43 #1E6C74 #2A9AA5 #3EC1CE #6FD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2A9AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2A9AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9AA5

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9AA5	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8bf',
    500: '#2a9aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9aa5;
$custom-light: #78b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.366,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9AA5

secondary

#C17169

accent

#5345E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9AA5

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

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