#2A9FA3#2A9FA3

#2A9FA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA3
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -29.63, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 31.71, 200.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.094 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9609, 27.9305, 38.9823)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA3 #A32E2A

analogous

#2AA36A #2A9FA3 #2A63A3

triadic

#2A9FA3 #A32A9F #9FA32A

tetradic

#2A9FA3 #6A2AA3 #A32E2A #63A32A

square

#2A9FA3 #6A2AA3 #A32E2A #63A32A

split-complementary

#2A9FA3 #A32A63 #A36A2A

monochromatic

#114042 #1D7072 #2A9FA3 #3DC8CD #6ED6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2A9FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA3

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA3	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9397A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbe',
    500: '#2a9fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa3;
$custom-light: #78bcbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64248,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA3

secondary

#C06B68

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA3

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

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