#2A9FAD#2A9FAD

#2A9FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.101 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FAD
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -26.53, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 31.20, 211.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0896 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.101 207)
XYZ	xyz(20.8925, 28.3031, 43.8890)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FAD #AD382A

analogous

#2AAD79 #2A9FAD #2A5EAD

triadic

#2A9FAD #AD2A9F #9FAD2A

tetradic

#2A9FAD #792AAD #AD382A #5EAD2A

square

#2A9FAD #792AAD #AD382A #5EAD2A

split-complementary

#2A9FAD #AD2A5E #AD792A

monochromatic

#12444B #1E727C #2A9FAD #43C2D1 #74D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2A9FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2A9FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FAD

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FAD	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.101 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc5',
    500: '#2a9fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fad;
$custom-light: #79bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.28306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FAD

secondary

#C5776E

accent

#5544E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FAD

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

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