#2A9CA1#2A9CA1

#2A9CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.097 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA1
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -28.78, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 31.04, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0918 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.097 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2734, 26.8401, 37.8762)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA1 #A12F2A

analogous

#2AA16B #2A9CA1 #2A61A1

triadic

#2A9CA1 #A12A9C #9CA12A

tetradic

#2A9CA1 #6B2AA1 #A12F2A #61A12A

square

#2A9CA1 #6B2AA1 #A12F2A #61A12A

split-complementary

#2A9CA1 #A12A61 #A16B2A

monochromatic

#113E40 #1D6D70 #2A9CA1 #3CC6CC #6DD4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2A9CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#2A9CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA1

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA1	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)

#9095A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.097 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bc',
    500: '#2a9ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca1;
$custom-light: #77b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA1

secondary

#C06B67

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA1

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

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