#2A9EA9#2A9EA9

#2A9EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EA9
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -27.29, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 31.06, 208.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0904 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3400, 27.8081, 41.8239)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EA9 #A9352A

analogous

#2AA975 #2A9EA9 #2A5FA9

triadic

#2A9EA9 #A92A9E #9EA92A

tetradic

#2A9EA9 #752AA9 #A9352A #5FA92A

square

#2A9EA9 #752AA9 #A9352A #5FA92A

split-complementary

#2A9EA9 #A92A5F #A9752A

monochromatic

#124247 #1E7078 #2A9EA9 #41C3D0 #72D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2A9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#2A9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EA9

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EA9	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc2',
    500: '#2a9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ea9;
$custom-light: #79bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.197,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EA9

secondary

#C3736C

accent

#5244E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EA9

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

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