#2A9EA1#2A9EA1

#2A9EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA1
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -29.76, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 31.63, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0939 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6118, 27.5168, 37.9890)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA1 #A12D2A

analogous

#2AA169 #2A9EA1 #2A62A1

triadic

#2A9EA1 #A12A9E #9EA12A

tetradic

#2A9EA1 #692AA1 #A12D2A #62A12A

square

#2A9EA1 #692AA1 #A12D2A #62A12A

split-complementary

#2A9EA1 #A12A62 #A1692A

monochromatic

#113F40 #1D6E70 #2A9EA1 #3CC9CC #6DD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2A9EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA1

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA1	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)

#9396A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbc',
    500: '#2a9ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea1;
$custom-light: #78bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63921,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA1

secondary

#C06967

accent

#4A46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA1

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

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