#2A837E#2A837E

#2A837E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.083 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A837E
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 126)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, -26.98, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 27.44, 190.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% -0.0815 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.083 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8353, 18.2298, 22.5769)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A837E #832A2F

analogous

#2A8352 #2A837E #2A5C83

triadic

#2A837E #7E2A83 #837E2A

tetradic

#2A837E #522A83 #832A2F #5C832A

square

#2A837E #522A83 #832A2F #5C832A

split-complementary

#2A837E #832A5C #83522A

monochromatic

#0C2625 #1B5551 #2A837E #39B1AB #5DCBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#2A837E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#2A837E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A837E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A837E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A837E	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a837e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.083 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a7a3',
    500: '#2a837e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a837e;
$custom-light: #71a7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a837e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.629,
    "s": 51.445,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55702,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A837E

secondary

#B1585D

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A837E

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

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