#2A9FA0#2A9FA0

#2A9FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA0
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -30.54, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 32.05, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0954 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6953, 27.8242, 37.5835)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA0 #A02B2A

analogous

#2AA066 #2A9FA0 #2A64A0

triadic

#2A9FA0 #A02A9F #9FA02A

tetradic

#2A9FA0 #662AA0 #A02B2A #64A02A

square

#2A9FA0 #662AA0 #A02B2A #64A02A

split-complementary

#2A9FA0 #A02A64 #A0662A

monochromatic

#113F3F #1D6F70 #2A9FA0 #3CCACC #6CD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2A9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2A9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA0

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA0	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbc',
    500: '#2a9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa0;
$custom-light: #78bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64138,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA0

secondary

#BF6767

accent

#4746E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA0

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

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