#2A9EA3#2A9EA3

#2A9EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA3
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -29.15, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 31.42, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.093 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7896, 27.5879, 38.9252)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA3 #A32F2A

analogous

#2AA36B #2A9EA3 #2A62A3

triadic

#2A9EA3 #A32A9E #9EA32A

tetradic

#2A9EA3 #6B2AA3 #A32F2A #62A32A

square

#2A9EA3 #6B2AA3 #A32F2A #62A32A

split-complementary

#2A9EA3 #A32A62 #A36B2A

monochromatic

#114042 #1D6F72 #2A9EA3 #3DC7CD #6ED5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA3

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA3	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbe',
    500: '#2a9ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea3;
$custom-light: #78bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA3

secondary

#C06C68

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA3

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

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