#2A8490#2A8490

#2A8490 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.084 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8490
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -21.93, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 26.09, 212.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.0743 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.084 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2380, 19.0068, 29.2984)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8490 #90362A

analogous

#2A9069 #2A8490 #2A5190

triadic

#2A8490 #902A84 #84902A

tetradic

#2A8490 #692A90 #90362A #51902A

square

#2A8490 #692A90 #90362A #51902A

split-complementary

#2A8490 #902A51 #90692A

monochromatic

#0E2D31 #1C5961 #2A8490 #38AFBF #63C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2A8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#2A8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8490

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8490	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.084 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b0',
    500: '#2a8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8490;
$custom-light: #73a8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56647,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8490

secondary

#B7695E

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8490

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

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