#2A8486#2A8486

#2A8486 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.083 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8486
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, -25.07, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 26.57, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% -0.0788 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.083 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5073, 18.7145, 25.4500)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8486 #862C2A

analogous

#2A865A #2A8486 #2A5686

triadic

#2A8486 #862A84 #84862A

tetradic

#2A8486 #5A2A86 #862C2A #56862A

square

#2A8486 #5A2A86 #862C2A #56862A

split-complementary

#2A8486 #862A56 #865A2A

monochromatic

#0D2829 #1B5657 #2A8486 #39B2B5 #5ECACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2A8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2A8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8486

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8486	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)

#7B7E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.083 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8a9',
    500: '#2a8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8486;
$custom-light: #71a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56255,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8486

secondary

#B25C5A

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8486

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

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