#2A9BAA#2A9BAA

#2A9BAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BAA
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -25.46, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 30.48, 213.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0869 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.099 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9287, 26.8348, 42.1517)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BAA #AA392A

analogous

#2AAA79 #2A9BAA #2A5BAA

triadic

#2A9BAA #AA2A9B #9BAA2A

tetradic

#2A9BAA #792AAA #AA392A #5BAA2A

square

#2A9BAA #792AAA #AA392A #5BAA2A

split-complementary

#2A9BAA #AA2A5B #AA792A

monochromatic

#124248 #1E6E79 #2A9BAA #41BFD0 #72D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2A9BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#2A9BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BAA

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BAA	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c3',
    500: '#2a9baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9baa;
$custom-light: #78b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.031,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63513,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BAA

secondary

#C3776C

accent

#5744E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BAA

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

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