#2A9FA4#2A9FA4

#2A9FA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA4
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -29.33, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 31.61, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0936 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0508, 27.9664, 39.4561)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA4 #A42F2A

analogous

#2AA46C #2A9FA4 #2A62A4

triadic

#2A9FA4 #A42A9F #9FA42A

tetradic

#2A9FA4 #6C2AA4 #A42F2A #62A42A

square

#2A9FA4 #6C2AA4 #A42F2A #62A42A

split-complementary

#2A9FA4 #A42A62 #A46C2A

monochromatic

#114143 #1E7073 #2A9FA4 #3EC8CD #6ED6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2A9FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2A9FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA4

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA4	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcbf',
    500: '#2a9fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa4;
$custom-light: #78bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64285,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA4

secondary

#C16D69

accent

#4C45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA4

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

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