#2A9FA8#2A9FA8

#2A9FA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA8
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -28.10, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 31.33, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0918 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.1 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4177, 28.1132, 41.3885)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA8 #A8332A

analogous

#2AA872 #2A9FA8 #2A60A8

triadic

#2A9FA8 #A82A9F #9FA82A

tetradic

#2A9FA8 #722AA8 #A8332A #60A82A

square

#2A9FA8 #722AA8 #A8332A #60A82A

split-complementary

#2A9FA8 #A82A60 #A8722A

monochromatic

#124246 #1E7177 #2A9FA8 #40C5CF #71D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2A9FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA8

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA8	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc1',
    500: '#2a9fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa8;
$custom-light: #79bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64436,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA8

secondary

#C3716B

accent

#5045E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA8

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

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