#2A9CB1#2A9CB1

#2A9CB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CB1
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 177)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -23.72, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 30.95, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.085 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.101 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7757, 27.4410, 45.7881)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CB1 #B13F2A

analogous

#2AB182 #2A9CB1 #2A59B1

triadic

#2A9CB1 #B12A9C #9CB12A

tetradic

#2A9CB1 #822AB1 #B13F2A #59B12A

square

#2A9CB1 #822AB1 #B13F2A #59B12A

split-complementary

#2A9CB1 #B12A59 #B1822A

monochromatic

#13454E #1E7080 #2A9CB1 #45BDD3 #77CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2A9CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CB1

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CB1	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c8',
    500: '#2a9cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cb1;
$custom-light: #79b9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64047,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CB1

secondary

#C67E70

accent

#5C43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CB1

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

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