#2A9CA2#2A9CA2

#2A9CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA2
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -28.47, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 30.96, 203.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0914 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3620, 26.8755, 38.3425)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA2 #A2302A

analogous

#2AA26C #2A9CA2 #2A60A2

triadic

#2A9CA2 #A22A9C #9CA22A

tetradic

#2A9CA2 #6C2AA2 #A2302A #60A22A

square

#2A9CA2 #6C2AA2 #A2302A #60A22A

split-complementary

#2A9CA2 #A22A60 #A26C2A

monochromatic

#113E41 #1D6D71 #2A9CA2 #3DC5CD #6DD4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2A9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA2	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.097 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bd',
    500: '#2a9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca2;
$custom-light: #77b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA2

secondary

#C06C68

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA2

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

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