#2A9DA8#2A9DA8

#2A9DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DA8
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -27.10, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 30.88, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0898 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0766, 27.4309, 41.2748)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DA8 #A8352A

analogous

#2AA874 #2A9DA8 #2A5EA8

triadic

#2A9DA8 #A82A9D #9DA82A

tetradic

#2A9DA8 #742AA8 #A8352A #5EA82A

square

#2A9DA8 #742AA8 #A8352A #5EA82A

split-complementary

#2A9DA8 #A82A5E #A8742A

monochromatic

#124146 #1E6F77 #2A9DA8 #40C3CF #71D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2A9DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DA8

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DA8	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)

#9096A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac1',
    500: '#2a9da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9da8;
$custom-light: #78bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63935,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DA8

secondary

#C3736B

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DA8

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

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