#2A9EA6#2A9EA6

#2A9EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA6
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -28.22, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 31.20, 205.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0917 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0616, 27.6967, 40.3577)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA6 #A6322A

analogous

#2AA670 #2A9EA6 #2A60A6

triadic

#2A9EA6 #A62A9E #9EA62A

tetradic

#2A9EA6 #702AA6 #A6322A #60A62A

square

#2A9EA6 #702AA6 #A6322A #60A62A

split-complementary

#2A9EA6 #A62A60 #A6702A

monochromatic

#114144 #1E7075 #2A9EA6 #3FC5CE #70D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2A9EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2A9EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA6	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc0',
    500: '#2a9ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea6;
$custom-light: #78bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64109,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA6

secondary

#C2706A

accent

#4F45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA6

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

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