#2A7C8B#2A7C8B

#2A7C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.080 H 212.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7C8B
RGB	rgb(42, 124, 139)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, -19.30, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 24.65, 218.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0679 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.08 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8207, 16.7702, 26.9824)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7C8B #8B392A

analogous

#2A8B69 #2A7C8B #2A4C8B

triadic

#2A7C8B #8B2A7C #7C8B2A

tetradic

#2A7C8B #692A8B #8B392A #4C8B2A

square

#2A7C8B #692A8B #8B392A #4C8B2A

split-complementary

#2A7C8B #8B2A4C #8B692A

monochromatic

#0E282D #1C525C #2A7C8B #38A6BA #60BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2A7C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#2A7C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7C8B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7C8B	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 124, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.080 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2ac',
    500: '#2a7c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7c8b;
$custom-light: #71a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.278,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54389,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7C8B

secondary

#B56A5C

accent

#614BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7C8B

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

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