#2A9FAC#2A9FAC

#2A9FAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.100 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FAC
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -26.84, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 31.21, 210.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0901 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.1 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7961, 28.2646, 43.3813)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FAC #AC372A

analogous

#2AAC78 #2A9FAC #2A5EAC

triadic

#2A9FAC #AC2A9F #9FAC2A

tetradic

#2A9FAC #782AAC #AC372A #5EAC2A

square

#2A9FAC #782AAC #AC372A #5EAC2A

split-complementary

#2A9FAC #AC2A5E #AC782A

monochromatic

#12444A #1E727B #2A9FAC #42C3D1 #73D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2A9FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FAC

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FAC	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)

#9198AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.100 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc4',
    500: '#2a9fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fac;
$custom-light: #79bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FAC

secondary

#C4766D

accent

#5444E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FAC

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

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