#2A8488#2A8488

#2A8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.083 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8488
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -24.46, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 26.37, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0779 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.083 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6481, 18.7708, 26.1916)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8488 #882E2A

analogous

#2A885D #2A8488 #2A5588

triadic

#2A8488 #882A84 #84882A

tetradic

#2A8488 #5D2A88 #882E2A #55882A

square

#2A8488 #5D2A88 #882E2A #55882A

split-complementary

#2A8488 #882A55 #885D2A

monochromatic

#0D292A #1C5759 #2A8488 #38B1B7 #5FC9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#2A8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#2A8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8488

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8488	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.083 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8aa',
    500: '#2a8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8488;
$custom-light: #72a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8488

secondary

#B35E5B

accent

#524CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8488

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

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