#2AA9BC#2AA9BC

#2AA9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9BC
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -26.78, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 33.06, 215.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0932 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.108 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2160, 32.4960, 52.5633)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9BC #BC3D2A

analogous

#2ABC86 #2AA9BC #2A60BC

triadic

#2AA9BC #BC2AA9 #A9BC2A

tetradic

#2AA9BC #862ABC #BC3D2A #60BC2A

square

#2AA9BC #862ABC #BC3D2A #60BC2A

split-complementary

#2AA9BC #BC2A60 #BC862A

monochromatic

#144F58 #1F7C8A #2AA9BC #4CC5D7 #7ED5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2AA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#2AA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9BC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9BC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3d0',
    500: '#2aa9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9bc;
$custom-light: #7cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67705,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9BC

secondary

#CB8277

accent

#5741E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9BC

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

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