#2A9EAE#2A9EAE

#2A9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EAE
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -25.71, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 31.04, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0882 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.101 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8184, 27.9994, 44.3434)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EAE #AE3A2A

analogous

#2AAE7C #2A9EAE #2A5CAE

triadic

#2A9EAE #AE2A9E #9EAE2A

tetradic

#2A9EAE #7C2AAE #AE3A2A #5CAE2A

square

#2A9EAE #7C2AAE #AE3A2A #5CAE2A

split-complementary

#2A9EAE #AE2A5C #AE7C2A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E717D #2A9EAE #43C0D2 #75D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2A9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2A9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EAE

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EAE	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc6',
    500: '#2a9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9eae;
$custom-light: #79bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EAE

secondary

#C5796F

accent

#5744E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EAE

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

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