#2A9EA2#2A9EA2

#2A9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA2
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -29.45, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 31.52, 200.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0934 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.099 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7003, 27.5522, 38.4552)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA2 #A22E2A

analogous

#2AA26A #2A9EA2 #2A62A2

triadic

#2A9EA2 #A22A9E #9EA22A

tetradic

#2A9EA2 #6A2AA2 #A22E2A #62A22A

square

#2A9EA2 #6A2AA2 #A22E2A #62A22A

split-complementary

#2A9EA2 #A22A62 #A26A2A

monochromatic

#113F41 #1D6F71 #2A9EA2 #3DC8CD #6DD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2A9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2A9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA2	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbd',
    500: '#2a9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea2;
$custom-light: #78bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA2

secondary

#C06B68

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA2

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

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