#2A9CAC#2A9CAC

#2A9CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CAC
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -25.33, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 30.69, 214.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0871 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.1 209)
XYZ	xyz(20.2865, 27.2453, 43.2114)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CAC #AC3A2A

analogous

#2AAC7B #2A9CAC #2A5BAC

triadic

#2A9CAC #AC2A9C #9CAC2A

tetradic

#2A9CAC #7B2AAC #AC3A2A #5BAC2A

square

#2A9CAC #7B2AAC #AC3A2A #5BAC2A

split-complementary

#2A9CAC #AC2A5B #AC7B2A

monochromatic

#12434A #1E6F7B #2A9CAC #42BFD1 #73D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2A9CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CAC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CAC	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c4',
    500: '#2a9cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cac;
$custom-light: #79b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63843,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.27248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CAC

secondary

#C4786D

accent

#5844E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CAC

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

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