#2A9DAE#2A9DAE

#2A9DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DAE
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -25.20, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 30.90, 215.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0872 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.1 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6485, 27.6597, 44.2868)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DAE #AE3B2A

analogous

#2AAE7D #2A9DAE #2A5BAE

triadic

#2A9DAE #AE2A9D #9DAE2A

tetradic

#2A9DAE #7D2AAE #AE3B2A #5BAE2A

square

#2A9DAE #7D2AAE #AE3B2A #5BAE2A

split-complementary

#2A9DAE #AE2A5B #AE7D2A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E717D #2A9DAE #43BFD2 #75D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2A9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2A9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DAE

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DAE	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac6',
    500: '#2a9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dae;
$custom-light: #79bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64173,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DAE

secondary

#C57A6F

accent

#5844E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DAE

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

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