#2A9BAF#2A9BAF

#2A9BAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BAF
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 11.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -23.86, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 30.70, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0848 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.1 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4107, 27.0276, 44.6903)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BAF #AF3E2A

analogous

#2AAF81 #2A9BAF #2A58AF

triadic

#2A9BAF #AF2A9B #9BAF2A

tetradic

#2A9BAF #812AAF #AF3E2A #58AF2A

square

#2A9BAF #812AAF #AF3E2A #58AF2A

split-complementary

#2A9BAF #AF2A58 #AF812A

monochromatic

#12444C #1E6F7E #2A9BAF #44BDD2 #75CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#2A9BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BAF

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BAF	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c6',
    500: '#2a9baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9baf;
$custom-light: #79b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63717,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BAF

secondary

#C67C6F

accent

#5C43E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BAF

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

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