#2A9EAD#2A9EAD

#2A9EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EAD
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -26.03, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 31.03, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0887 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.1 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7212, 27.9606, 43.8319)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EAD #AD392A

analogous

#2AAD7A #2A9EAD #2A5DAD

triadic

#2A9EAD #AD2A9E #9EAD2A

tetradic

#2A9EAD #7A2AAD #AD392A #5DAD2A

square

#2A9EAD #7A2AAD #AD392A #5DAD2A

split-complementary

#2A9EAD #AD2A5D #AD7A2A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E717C #2A9EAD #43C1D1 #74D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2A9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EAD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EAD	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc5',
    500: '#2a9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ead;
$custom-light: #79bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64382,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EAD

secondary

#C5786E

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EAD

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

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