#2A9EAC#2A9EAC

#2A9EAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.100 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EAC
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -26.34, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 31.02, 211.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0891 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.1 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6248, 27.9220, 43.3242)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EAC #AC382A

analogous

#2AAC79 #2A9EAC #2A5DAC

triadic

#2A9EAC #AC2A9E #9EAC2A

tetradic

#2A9EAC #792AAC #AC382A #5DAC2A

square

#2A9EAC #792AAC #AC382A #5DAC2A

split-complementary

#2A9EAC #AC2A5D #AC792A

monochromatic

#12444A #1E717B #2A9EAC #42C2D1 #73D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#2A9EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EAC

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EAC	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)

#9098AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.100 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2a9eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9eac;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64342,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EAC

secondary

#C4776D

accent

#5544E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EAC

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

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