#2AA9BD#2AA9BD

#2AA9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9BD
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -26.46, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 33.11, 216.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0928 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.108 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3241, 32.5393, 53.1330)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9BD #BD3E2A

analogous

#2ABD87 #2AA9BD #2A60BD

triadic

#2AA9BD #BD2AA9 #A9BD2A

tetradic

#2AA9BD #872ABD #BD3E2A #60BD2A

square

#2AA9BD #872ABD #BD3E2A #60BD2A

split-complementary

#2AA9BD #BD2A60 #BD872A

monochromatic

#144F59 #1F7C8B #2AA9BD #4DC5D7 #7FD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2AA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#2AA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9BD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9BD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3d0',
    500: '#2aa9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9bd;
$custom-light: #7cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9BD

secondary

#CB8378

accent

#5841E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9BD

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

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