#2A5950#2A5950

#2A5950 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.054 H 179.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5950
RGB	rgb(42, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 53%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -18.56, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 18.56, 179.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0539 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.054 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9746, 8.2157, 8.8588)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5950 #592A33

analogous

#2A5938 #2A5950 #2A4A59

triadic

#2A5950 #502A59 #59502A

tetradic

#2A5950 #382A59 #592A33 #4A592A

square

#2A5950 #382A59 #592A33 #4A592A

split-complementary

#2A5950 #592A4A #59382A

monochromatic

#0A1513 #162F2B #2A5950 #3E8375 #51AC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#2A5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#2A5950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5950

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5950	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.054 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688881',
    500: '#2a5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5950;
$custom-light: #688881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 35.878,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42794,
    "c": 0.05393,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5950

secondary

#8B535E

accent

#5C71CC

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBEFEE

border

#C6CAC9

text

#060B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5950

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

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