#2A9FA9#2A9FA9

#2A9FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FA9
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -27.78, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 31.28, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0914 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5112, 28.1506, 41.8810)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FA9 #A9342A

analogous

#2AA974 #2A9FA9 #2A60A9

triadic

#2A9FA9 #A92A9F #9FA92A

tetradic

#2A9FA9 #742AA9 #A9342A #60A92A

square

#2A9FA9 #742AA9 #A9342A #60A92A

split-complementary

#2A9FA9 #A92A60 #A9742A

monochromatic

#124347 #1E7178 #2A9FA9 #41C4D0 #72D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#2A9FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FA9

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FA9	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc2',
    500: '#2a9fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fa9;
$custom-light: #79bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FA9

secondary

#C3736C

accent

#5144E3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FA9

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

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