#2A9FAB#2A9FAB

#2A9FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.100 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FAB
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -27.16, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 31.22, 209.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0905 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.1 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7004, 28.2263, 42.8774)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FAB #AB362A

analogous

#2AAB76 #2A9FAB #2A5FAB

triadic

#2A9FAB #AB2A9F #9FAB2A

tetradic

#2A9FAB #762AAB #AB362A #5FAB2A

square

#2A9FAB #762AAB #AB362A #5FAB2A

split-complementary

#2A9FAB #AB2A5F #AB762A

monochromatic

#124449 #1E717A #2A9FAB #42C3D1 #73D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2A9FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FAB

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FAB	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.100 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2a9fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fab;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64552,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FAB

secondary

#C4756D

accent

#5344E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FAB

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

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