#2A9DAD#2A9DAD

#2A9DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DAD
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -25.52, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 30.87, 214.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0877 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.1 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5514, 27.6208, 43.7753)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DAD #AD3A2A

analogous

#2AAD7B #2A9DAD #2A5CAD

triadic

#2A9DAD #AD2A9D #9DAD2A

tetradic

#2A9DAD #7B2AAD #AD3A2A #5CAD2A

square

#2A9DAD #7B2AAD #AD3A2A #5CAD2A

split-complementary

#2A9DAD #AD2A5C #AD7B2A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E707C #2A9DAD #43C0D1 #74D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DAD

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DAD	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)

#8F97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac5',
    500: '#2a9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dad;
$custom-light: #79bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DAD

secondary

#C5796E

accent

#5744E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DAD

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

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