#2A9EAB#2A9EAB

#2A9EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.100 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EAB
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -26.66, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 31.02, 210.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0895 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.1 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5292, 27.8838, 42.8203)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EAB #AB372A

analogous

#2AAB78 #2A9EAB #2A5DAB

triadic

#2A9EAB #AB2A9E #9EAB2A

tetradic

#2A9EAB #782AAB #AB372A #5DAB2A

square

#2A9EAB #782AAB #AB372A #5DAB2A

split-complementary

#2A9EAB #AB2A5D #AB782A

monochromatic

#124349 #1E717A #2A9EAB #42C2D1 #73D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#2A9EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EAB

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EAB	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.100 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2a9eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9eab;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64302,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EAB

secondary

#C4766D

accent

#5444E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EAB

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

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