#2A838E#2A838E

#2A838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.083 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A838E
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, -22.05, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 25.88, 211.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.0741 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.083 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9515, 18.6762, 28.4555)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A838E #8E352A

analogous

#2A8E67 #2A838E #2A518E

triadic

#2A838E #8E2A83 #838E2A

tetradic

#2A838E #672A8E #8E352A #518E2A

square

#2A838E #672A8E #8E352A #518E2A

split-complementary

#2A838E #8E2A51 #8E672A

monochromatic

#0E2C30 #1C575F #2A838E #38AFBD #62C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2A838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2A838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A838E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A838E	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.083 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a7af',
    500: '#2a838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a838e;
$custom-light: #72a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56309,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A838E

secondary

#B6675D

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A838E

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

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