#2A9AAA#2A9AAA

#2A9AAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.098 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9AAA
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -24.96, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 30.33, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0859 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.098 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7630, 26.5033, 42.0965)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9AAA #AA3A2A

analogous

#2AAA7A #2A9AAA #2A5AAA

triadic

#2A9AAA #AA2A9A #9AAA2A

tetradic

#2A9AAA #7A2AAA #AA3A2A #5AAA2A

square

#2A9AAA #7A2AAA #AA3A2A #5AAA2A

split-complementary

#2A9AAA #AA2A5A #AA7A2A

monochromatic

#124148 #1E6E79 #2A9AAA #41BED0 #72CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2A9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#2A9AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9AAA

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9AAA	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.098 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c3',
    500: '#2a9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9aaa;
$custom-light: #78b8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9AAA

secondary

#C3776C

accent

#5844E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9AAA

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

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