#2A9CA6#2A9CA6

#2A9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA6
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -27.23, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 30.72, 207.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0896 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7232, 27.0200, 40.2449)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA6 #A6342A

analogous

#2AA672 #2A9CA6 #2A5EA6

triadic

#2A9CA6 #A62A9C #9CA62A

tetradic

#2A9CA6 #722AA6 #A6342A #5EA62A

square

#2A9CA6 #722AA6 #A6342A #5EA62A

split-complementary

#2A9CA6 #A62A5E #A6722A

monochromatic

#114044 #1E6E75 #2A9CA6 #3FC3CE #70D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2A9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA6

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA6	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)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c0',
    500: '#2a9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca6;
$custom-light: #78b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63606,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA6

secondary

#C2716A

accent

#5245E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA6

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

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