#2A9BAE#2A9BAE

#2A9BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BAE
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -24.18, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 30.64, 217.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0852 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.1 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3129, 26.9885, 44.1749)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BAE #AE3D2A

analogous

#2AAE7F #2A9BAE #2A59AE

triadic

#2A9BAE #AE2A9B #9BAE2A

tetradic

#2A9BAE #7F2AAE #AE3D2A #59AE2A

square

#2A9BAE #7F2AAE #AE3D2A #59AE2A

split-complementary

#2A9BAE #AE2A59 #AE7F2A

monochromatic

#12434B #1E6F7D #2A9BAE #43BDD2 #75CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2A9BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BAE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BAE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c6',
    500: '#2a9bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bae;
$custom-light: #79b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BAE

secondary

#C57B6F

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BAE

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

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