#2A9BA4#2A9BA4

#2A9BA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BA4
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -27.35, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 30.58, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0895 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(19.3741, 26.6129, 39.2305)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BA4 #A4332A

analogous

#2AA470 #2A9BA4 #2A5EA4

triadic

#2A9BA4 #A42A9B #9BA42A

tetradic

#2A9BA4 #702AA4 #A4332A #5EA42A

square

#2A9BA4 #702AA4 #A4332A #5EA42A

split-complementary

#2A9BA4 #A42A5E #A4702A

monochromatic

#113F43 #1E6D73 #2A9BA4 #3EC3CD #6ED2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2A9BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#2A9BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BA4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BA4	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)

#8E94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2a9ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ba4;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.426,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63277,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.26615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BA4

secondary

#C16F69

accent

#5145E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BA4

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

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