#2A9CA3#2A9CA3

#2A9CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA3
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -28.16, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 30.89, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.091 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.098 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4512, 26.9112, 38.8125)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA3 #A3312A

analogous

#2AA36D #2A9CA3 #2A60A3

triadic

#2A9CA3 #A32A9C #9CA32A

tetradic

#2A9CA3 #6D2AA3 #A3312A #60A32A

square

#2A9CA3 #6D2AA3 #A3312A #60A32A

split-complementary

#2A9CA3 #A32A60 #A36D2A

monochromatic

#113F42 #1D6D72 #2A9CA3 #3DC5CD #6ED3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2A9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA3

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA3	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)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9be',
    500: '#2a9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca3;
$custom-light: #78b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA3

secondary

#C06D68

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA3

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

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