#2A9EA4#2A9EA4

#2A9EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA4
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -28.84, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 31.34, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0925 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8795, 27.6239, 39.3990)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA4 #A4302A

analogous

#2AA46D #2A9EA4 #2A61A4

triadic

#2A9EA4 #A42A9E #9EA42A

tetradic

#2A9EA4 #6D2AA4 #A4302A #61A42A

square

#2A9EA4 #6D2AA4 #A4302A #61A42A

split-complementary

#2A9EA4 #A42A61 #A46D2A

monochromatic

#114043 #1E6F73 #2A9EA4 #3EC6CD #6ED5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2A9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA4	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbf',
    500: '#2a9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea4;
$custom-light: #78bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA4

secondary

#C16D69

accent

#4D45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA4

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

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