#2A9CA8#2A9CA8

#2A9CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA8
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -26.60, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 30.67, 209.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0888 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9081, 27.0939, 41.2186)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA8 #A8362A

analogous

#2AA875 #2A9CA8 #2A5DA8

triadic

#2A9CA8 #A82A9C #9CA82A

tetradic

#2A9CA8 #752AA8 #A8362A #5DA82A

square

#2A9CA8 #752AA8 #A8362A #5DA82A

split-complementary

#2A9CA8 #A82A5D #A8752A

monochromatic

#124146 #1E6F77 #2A9CA8 #40C2CF #71D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2A9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#2A9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c1',
    500: '#2a9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca8;
$custom-light: #78b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63684,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA8

secondary

#C3746B

accent

#5445E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA8

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

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