#2896A8#2896A8

#2896A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2896A8
RGBrgb(40, 150, 168)
HSLhsl(188, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(188, 76%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(76.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(57.16, -23.79, -18.15)
CIE-LCHlch(57.16, 29.92, 217.34°)
OKLaboklab(62.14% -0.0835 -0.0506)
OKLCHoklch(62.14% 0.098 211.2)
XYZxyz(18.8462, 25.0887, 40.8875)
Luminance0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2896A8 #A83A28
analogous
#28A87A #2896A8 #2856A8
triadic
#2896A8 #A82896 #96A828
tetradic
#2896A8 #7A28A8 #A83A28 #56A828
square
#2896A8 #7A28A8 #A83A28 #56A828
split-complementary
#2896A8 #A82856 #A87A28
monochromatic
#103E45 #1C6A77 #2896A8 #3DBCD1 #6ECDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#2896A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02
#2896A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2896A8
6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2896A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2896A81.003.496.026.02
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0221.001.001.00
##0000006.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8791A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7684A8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009E9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2896a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 211.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c1',
    500: '#2896a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2896a8;
$custom-light: #77b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2896a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62138,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2896A8
secondary
#C37569
accent
#5A43E5
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F7
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

Preview Lab

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#2896A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva