#2A9CAB#2A9CAB

#2A9CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CAB
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -25.65, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 30.67, 213.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0875 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.099 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1908, 27.2070, 42.7075)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CAB #AB392A

analogous

#2AAB7A #2A9CAB #2A5CAB

triadic

#2A9CAB #AB2A9C #9CAB2A

tetradic

#2A9CAB #7A2AAB #AB392A #5CAB2A

square

#2A9CAB #7A2AAB #AB392A #5CAB2A

split-complementary

#2A9CAB #AB2A5C #AB7A2A

monochromatic

#124249 #1E6F7A #2A9CAB #42C0D1 #73D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2A9CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CAB

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CAB	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c4',
    500: '#2a9cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cab;
$custom-light: #79b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CAB

secondary

#C4776D

accent

#5744E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CAB

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

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