#2A9EA5#2A9EA5

#2A9EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA5
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -28.53, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 31.26, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0921 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9702, 27.6602, 39.8765)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA5 #A5312A

analogous

#2AA56F #2A9EA5 #2A60A5

triadic

#2A9EA5 #A52A9E #9EA52A

tetradic

#2A9EA5 #6F2AA5 #A5312A #60A52A

square

#2A9EA5 #6F2AA5 #A5312A #60A52A

split-complementary

#2A9EA5 #A52A60 #A56F2A

monochromatic

#114143 #1E6F74 #2A9EA5 #3EC6CE #6FD4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2A9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2A9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA5

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA5	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9297A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbbf',
    500: '#2a9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea5;
$custom-light: #78bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.415,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA5

secondary

#C16E69

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA5

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

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