#2A9DAB#2A9DAB

#2A9DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DAB
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -26.16, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 30.84, 211.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0885 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.099 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3593, 27.5440, 42.7637)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DAB #AB382A

analogous

#2AAB79 #2A9DAB #2A5CAB

triadic

#2A9DAB #AB2A9D #9DAB2A

tetradic

#2A9DAB #792AAB #AB382A #5CAB2A

square

#2A9DAB #792AAB #AB382A #5CAB2A

split-complementary

#2A9DAB #AB2A5C #AB792A

monochromatic

#124349 #1E707A #2A9DAB #42C1D1 #73D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2A9DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DAB

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DAB	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac4',
    500: '#2a9dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dab;
$custom-light: #79bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DAB

secondary

#C4766D

accent

#5544E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DAB

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

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