#2A9CA4#2A9CA4

#2A9CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA4
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -27.85, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 30.82, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0905 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.098 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5412, 26.9472, 39.2862)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA4 #A4322A

analogous

#2AA46F #2A9CA4 #2A5FA4

triadic

#2A9CA4 #A42A9C #9CA42A

tetradic

#2A9CA4 #6F2AA4 #A4322A #5FA42A

square

#2A9CA4 #6F2AA4 #A4322A #5FA42A

split-complementary

#2A9CA4 #A42A5F #A46F2A

monochromatic

#113F43 #1E6E73 #2A9CA4 #3EC4CD #6ED3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A9CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A9CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA4

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA4	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2a9ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca4;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA4

secondary

#C16F69

accent

#5045E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA4

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

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