#2A9CAE#2A9CAE

#2A9CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CAE
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -24.69, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 30.76, 216.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0862 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.1 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4800, 27.3227, 44.2306)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CAE #AE3C2A

analogous

#2AAE7E #2A9CAE #2A5AAE

triadic

#2A9CAE #AE2A9C #9CAE2A

tetradic

#2A9CAE #7E2AAE #AE3C2A #5AAE2A

square

#2A9CAE #7E2AAE #AE3C2A #5AAE2A

split-complementary

#2A9CAE #AE2A5A #AE7E2A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E707D #2A9CAE #43BED2 #75CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2A9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2A9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CAE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CAE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c6',
    500: '#2a9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cae;
$custom-light: #79b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63924,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CAE

secondary

#C57A6F

accent

#5944E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CAE

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

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