#2A9CA5#2A9CA5

#2A9CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA5
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -27.54, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 30.77, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0901 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6318, 26.9834, 39.7637)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA5 #A5332A

analogous

#2AA570 #2A9CA5 #2A5EA5

triadic

#2A9CA5 #A52A9C #9CA52A

tetradic

#2A9CA5 #702AA5 #A5332A #5EA52A

square

#2A9CA5 #702AA5 #A5332A #5EA52A

split-complementary

#2A9CA5 #A52A5E #A5702A

monochromatic

#114043 #1E6E74 #2A9CA5 #3EC3CE #6FD3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2A9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA5

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA5	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9bf',
    500: '#2a9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca5;
$custom-light: #78b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63567,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA5

secondary

#C17069

accent

#5145E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA5

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

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