#2A9DAC#2A9DAC

#2A9DAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DAC
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -25.84, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 30.85, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0881 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(20.4550, 27.5823, 43.2676)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DAC #AC392A

analogous

#2AAC7A #2A9DAC #2A5CAC

triadic

#2A9DAC #AC2A9D #9DAC2A

tetradic

#2A9DAC #7A2AAC #AC392A #5CAC2A

square

#2A9DAC #7A2AAC #AC392A #5CAC2A

split-complementary

#2A9DAC #AC2A5C #AC7A2A

monochromatic

#12434A #1E707B #2A9DAC #42C0D1 #73D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DAC

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DAC	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac4',
    500: '#2a9dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dac;
$custom-light: #79bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64092,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.27585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DAC

secondary

#C4786D

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DAC

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

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