#2A9FA2#2A9FA2

#2A9FA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA2
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -29.94, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 31.81, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0945 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.099 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8716, 27.8948, 38.5123)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA2 #A22D2A

analogous

#2AA269 #2A9FA2 #2A63A2

triadic

#2A9FA2 #A22A9F #9FA22A

tetradic

#2A9FA2 #692AA2 #A22D2A #63A22A

square

#2A9FA2 #692AA2 #A22D2A #63A22A

split-complementary

#2A9FA2 #A22A63 #A2692A

monochromatic

#114041 #1D6F71 #2A9FA2 #3DC9CD #6DD7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#2A9FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA2

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA2	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbd',
    500: '#2a9fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa2;
$custom-light: #78bcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64211,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA2

secondary

#C06A68

accent

#4A46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA2

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

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