#2A9EA0#2A9EA0

#2A9EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA0
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -30.06, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.74, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0943 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5240, 27.4817, 37.5264)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA0 #A02C2A

analogous

#2AA067 #2A9EA0 #2A63A0

triadic

#2A9EA0 #A02A9E #9EA02A

tetradic

#2A9EA0 #672AA0 #A02C2A #63A02A

square

#2A9EA0 #672AA0 #A02C2A #63A02A

split-complementary

#2A9EA0 #A02A63 #A0672A

monochromatic

#113E3F #1D6E70 #2A9EA0 #3CC9CC #6CD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2A9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA0

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA0	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbc',
    500: '#2a9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea0;
$custom-light: #78bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63884,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA0

secondary

#BF6867

accent

#4946E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA0

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

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