#2A9CAF#2A9CAF

#2A9CAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CAF
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -24.37, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 30.81, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0858 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.101 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5778, 27.3618, 44.7460)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CAF #AF3D2A

analogous

#2AAF7F #2A9CAF #2A5AAF

triadic

#2A9CAF #AF2A9C #9CAF2A

tetradic

#2A9CAF #7F2AAF #AF3D2A #5AAF2A

square

#2A9CAF #7F2AAF #AF3D2A #5AAF2A

split-complementary

#2A9CAF #AF2A5A #AF7F2A

monochromatic

#12444C #1E707E #2A9CAF #44BED2 #75CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2A9CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CAF

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CAF	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c6',
    500: '#2a9caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9caf;
$custom-light: #79b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CAF

secondary

#C67C6F

accent

#5A43E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CAF

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

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