#2A9AA9#2A9AA9

#2A9AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9AA9
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -25.27, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 30.30, 213.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0863 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.098 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6688, 26.4656, 41.6002)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9AA9 #A9392A

analogous

#2AA979 #2A9AA9 #2A5BA9

triadic

#2A9AA9 #A92A9A #9AA92A

tetradic

#2A9AA9 #792AA9 #A9392A #5BA92A

square

#2A9AA9 #792AA9 #A9392A #5BA92A

split-complementary

#2A9AA9 #A92A5B #A9792A

monochromatic

#124147 #1E6D78 #2A9AA9 #41BFD0 #72CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2A9AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2A9AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9AA9

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9AA9	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c2',
    500: '#2a9aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9aa9;
$custom-light: #78b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.087,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63223,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9AA9

secondary

#C3766C

accent

#5744E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9AA9

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

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