#2A5259#2A5259

#2A5259 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.047 H 210.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5259
RGB	rgb(42, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, -11.90, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 14.60, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% -0.0402 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.047 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7746, 7.2476, 10.5439)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5259 #59312A

analogous

#2A5948 #2A5259 #2A3A59

triadic

#2A5259 #592A52 #52592A

tetradic

#2A5259 #482A59 #59312A #3A592A

square

#2A5259 #482A59 #59312A #3A592A

split-complementary

#2A5259 #592A3A #59482A

monochromatic

#0A1315 #162C2F #2A5259 #3E7883 #519FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#2A5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#2A5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5259

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5259	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.047 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688287',
    500: '#2a5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5259;
$custom-light: #688287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 35.878,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41233,
    "c": 0.04651,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5259

secondary

#8B5C53

accent

#6D5CCC

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5259

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

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