#2A9EA8#2A9EA8

#2A9EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA8
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -27.60, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 31.10, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0908 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2465, 27.7707, 41.3314)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA8 #A8342A

analogous

#2AA873 #2A9EA8 #2A5FA8

triadic

#2A9EA8 #A82A9E #9EA82A

tetradic

#2A9EA8 #732AA8 #A8342A #5FA82A

square

#2A9EA8 #732AA8 #A8342A #5FA82A

split-complementary

#2A9EA8 #A82A5F #A8732A

monochromatic

#124246 #1E7077 #2A9EA8 #40C4CF #71D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2A9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#2A9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA8	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc1',
    500: '#2a9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea8;
$custom-light: #78bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64185,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA8

secondary

#C3726B

accent

#5145E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA8

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

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