#2A9CA9#2A9CA9

#2A9CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.099 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CA9
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -26.29, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 30.66, 210.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0884 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.099 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0016, 27.1313, 41.7111)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CA9 #A9372A

analogous

#2AA977 #2A9CA9 #2A5DA9

triadic

#2A9CA9 #A92A9C #9CA92A

tetradic

#2A9CA9 #772AA9 #A9372A #5DA92A

square

#2A9CA9 #772AA9 #A9372A #5DA92A

split-complementary

#2A9CA9 #A92A5D #A9772A

monochromatic

#124247 #1E6F78 #2A9CA9 #41C1D0 #72D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2A9CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2A9CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CA9

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CA9	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.099 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c2',
    500: '#2a9ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ca9;
$custom-light: #78b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CA9

secondary

#C3756C

accent

#5544E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CA9

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

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