#2A9CA7#2A9CA7

#2A9CA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA7
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -26.91, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 30.69, 208.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0892 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.098 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8153, 27.0568, 40.7299)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA7 #A7352A

analogous

#2AA773 #2A9CA7 #2A5DA7

triadic

#2A9CA7 #A72A9C #9CA72A

tetradic

#2A9CA7 #732AA7 #A7352A #5DA72A

square

#2A9CA7 #732AA7 #A7352A #5DA72A

split-complementary

#2A9CA7 #A72A5D #A7732A

monochromatic

#114145 #1E6E76 #2A9CA7 #3FC2CF #70D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#2A9CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA7

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA7	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c1',
    500: '#2a9ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca7;
$custom-light: #78b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63645,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA7

secondary

#C2726B

accent

#5345E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA7

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

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