#2A9FAA#2A9FAA

#2A9FAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FAA
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -27.47, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 31.25, 208.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0909 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6055, 28.1883, 42.3773)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FAA #AA352A

analogous

#2AAA75 #2A9FAA #2A5FAA

triadic

#2A9FAA #AA2A9F #9FAA2A

tetradic

#2A9FAA #752AAA #AA352A #5FAA2A

square

#2A9FAA #752AAA #AA352A #5FAA2A

split-complementary

#2A9FAA #AA2A5F #AA752A

monochromatic

#124348 #1E7179 #2A9FAA #41C4D0 #72D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#2A9FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FAA

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FAA	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.100 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc3',
    500: '#2a9faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9faa;
$custom-light: #79bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FAA

secondary

#C3746C

accent

#5244E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FAA

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

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