#2A8480#2A8480

#2A8480 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.083 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8480
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, -26.89, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 27.46, 191.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.0816 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.083 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1006, 18.5518, 23.3083)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8480 #842A2E

analogous

#2A8453 #2A8480 #2A5B84

triadic

#2A8480 #802A84 #84802A

tetradic

#2A8480 #532A84 #842A2E #5B842A

square

#2A8480 #532A84 #842A2E #5B842A

split-complementary

#2A8480 #842A5B #84532A

monochromatic

#0C2726 #1B5653 #2A8480 #39B2AD #5DCBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#2A8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#2A8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8480

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8480	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.083 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8a4',
    500: '#2a8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8480;
$custom-light: #71a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56035,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8480

secondary

#B1595D

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8480

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

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