#2A9AAC#2A9AAC

#2A9AAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9AAC
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -24.31, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 30.41, 216.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0851 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.099 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9536, 26.5796, 43.1005)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9AAC #AC3C2A

analogous

#2AAC7D #2A9AAC #2A59AC

triadic

#2A9AAC #AC2A9A #9AAC2A

tetradic

#2A9AAC #7D2AAC #AC3C2A #59AC2A

square

#2A9AAC #7D2AAC #AC3C2A #59AC2A

split-complementary

#2A9AAC #AC2A59 #AC7D2A

monochromatic

#12424A #1E6E7B #2A9AAC #42BDD1 #73CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2A9AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#2A9AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9AAC

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9AAC	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c4',
    500: '#2a9aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9aac;
$custom-light: #78b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9AAC

secondary

#C47A6D

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9AAC

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

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