#2A9CB2#2A9CB2

#2A9CB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CB2
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -23.40, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.03, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0846 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.102 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8757, 27.4810, 46.3150)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CB2 #B2402A

analogous

#2AB284 #2A9CB2 #2A58B2

triadic

#2A9CB2 #B22A9C #9CB22A

tetradic

#2A9CB2 #842AB2 #B2402A #58B22A

square

#2A9CB2 #842AB2 #B2402A #58B22A

split-complementary

#2A9CB2 #B22A58 #B2842A

monochromatic

#13454F #1E7180 #2A9CB2 #46BCD3 #77CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2A9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CB2

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CB2	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c9',
    500: '#2a9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cb2;
$custom-light: #79b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64089,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CB2

secondary

#C77F71

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CB2

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

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