#2A9BAD#2A9BAD

#2A9BAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BAD
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -24.50, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 30.58, 216.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0857 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.1 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2158, 26.9496, 43.6634)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BAD #AD3C2A

analogous

#2AAD7D #2A9BAD #2A5AAD

triadic

#2A9BAD #AD2A9B #9BAD2A

tetradic

#2A9BAD #7D2AAD #AD3C2A #5AAD2A

square

#2A9BAD #7D2AAD #AD3C2A #5AAD2A

split-complementary

#2A9BAD #AD2A5A #AD7D2A

monochromatic

#12434B #1E6F7C #2A9BAD #43BED1 #74CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BAD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BAD	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c5',
    500: '#2a9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bad;
$custom-light: #79b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BAD

secondary

#C57A6E

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BAD

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

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