#2A9EB3#2A9EB3

#2A9EB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.103 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EB3
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -24.10, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 31.29, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0861 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.103 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3149, 28.1980, 46.9585)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EB3 #B33F2A

analogous

#2AB383 #2A9EB3 #2A59B3

triadic

#2A9EB3 #B32A9E #9EB32A

tetradic

#2A9EB3 #832AB3 #B33F2A #59B32A

square

#2A9EB3 #832AB3 #B33F2A #59B32A

split-complementary

#2A9EB3 #B32A59 #B3832A

monochromatic

#134650 #1E7281 #2A9EB3 #46BED4 #78D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#2A9EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EB3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EB3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.103 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc9',
    500: '#2a9eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9eb3;
$custom-light: #7abbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EB3

secondary

#C77F72

accent

#5C43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EB3

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

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