#2A9DAA#2A9DAA

#2A9DAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DAA
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -26.47, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 30.84, 210.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0889 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.099 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2643, 27.5060, 42.2636)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DAA #AA372A

analogous

#2AAA77 #2A9DAA #2A5DAA

triadic

#2A9DAA #AA2A9D #9DAA2A

tetradic

#2A9DAA #772AAA #AA372A #5DAA2A

square

#2A9DAA #772AAA #AA372A #5DAA2A

split-complementary

#2A9DAA #AA2A5D #AA772A

monochromatic

#124248 #1E7079 #2A9DAA #41C2D0 #72D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2A9DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DAA

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DAA	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)

#8F97AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac3',
    500: '#2a9daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9daa;
$custom-light: #79bac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DAA

secondary

#C3756C

accent

#5444E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DAA

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

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