#2A9FA1#2A9FA1

#2A9FA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA1
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -30.24, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 31.93, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0949 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7831, 27.8593, 38.0461)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA1 #A12C2A

analogous

#2AA167 #2A9FA1 #2A64A1

triadic

#2A9FA1 #A12A9F #9FA12A

tetradic

#2A9FA1 #672AA1 #A12C2A #64A12A

square

#2A9FA1 #672AA1 #A12C2A #64A12A

split-complementary

#2A9FA1 #A12A64 #A1672A

monochromatic

#113F40 #1D6F70 #2A9FA1 #3CCACC #6DD7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2A9FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2A9FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA1

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA1	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)

#9497A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbc',
    500: '#2a9fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa1;
$custom-light: #78bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64174,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA1

secondary

#C06967

accent

#4946E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA1

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

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