#2A9CAA#2A9CAA

#2A9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CAA
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -25.97, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 30.66, 212.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0879 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.099 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0958, 27.1690, 42.2074)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CAA #AA382A

analogous

#2AAA78 #2A9CAA #2A5CAA

triadic

#2A9CAA #AA2A9C #9CAA2A

tetradic

#2A9CAA #782AAA #AA382A #5CAA2A

square

#2A9CAA #782AAA #AA382A #5CAA2A

split-complementary

#2A9CAA #AA2A5C #AA782A

monochromatic

#124248 #1E6F79 #2A9CAA #41C0D0 #72D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2A9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CAA

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CAA	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c3',
    500: '#2a9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9caa;
$custom-light: #78b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63763,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CAA

secondary

#C3766C

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CAA

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

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