#2A9CB0#2A9CB0

#2A9CB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CB0
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -24.05, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 30.87, 218.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0854 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.101 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6764, 27.4013, 45.2651)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CB0 #B03E2A

analogous

#2AB081 #2A9CB0 #2A59B0

triadic

#2A9CB0 #B02A9C #9CB02A

tetradic

#2A9CB0 #812AB0 #B03E2A #59B02A

square

#2A9CB0 #812AB0 #B03E2A #59B02A

split-complementary

#2A9CB0 #B02A59 #B0812A

monochromatic

#12444D #1E707F #2A9CB0 #45BDD3 #76CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#2A9CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CB0

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CB0	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c7',
    500: '#2a9cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cb0;
$custom-light: #79b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CB0

secondary

#C67D70

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CB0

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

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