#2A9FAE#2A9FAE

#2A9FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.101 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FAE
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -26.21, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 31.21, 212.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0892 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.101 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9896, 28.3420, 44.4005)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FAE #AE392A

analogous

#2AAE7B #2A9FAE #2A5DAE

triadic

#2A9FAE #AE2A9F #9FAE2A

tetradic

#2A9FAE #7B2AAE #AE392A #5DAE2A

square

#2A9FAE #7B2AAE #AE392A #5DAE2A

split-complementary

#2A9FAE #AE2A5D #AE7B2A

monochromatic

#12454B #1E727D #2A9FAE #43C2D2 #75D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2A9FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#2A9FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FAE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FAE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.101 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc6',
    500: '#2a9fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fae;
$custom-light: #79bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64671,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FAE

secondary

#C5786F

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FAE

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

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