#2A9DB3#2A9DB3

#2A9DB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.102 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DB3
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -23.59, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 31.20, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0852 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.102 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1450, 27.8583, 46.9018)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DB3 #B3402A

analogous

#2AB384 #2A9DB3 #2A58B3

triadic

#2A9DB3 #B32A9D #9DB32A

tetradic

#2A9DB3 #842AB3 #B3402A #58B32A

square

#2A9DB3 #842AB3 #B3402A #58B32A

split-complementary

#2A9DB3 #B32A58 #B3842A

monochromatic

#134650 #1E7281 #2A9DB3 #46BDD4 #78CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2A9DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2A9DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DB3

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DB3	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.102 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abac9',
    500: '#2a9db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9db3;
$custom-light: #7abac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DB3

secondary

#C77F72

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DB3

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

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