#2A8494#2A8494

#2A8494 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.086 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8494
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 148)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, -20.64, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 26.26, 218.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.0726 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.086 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5491, 19.1312, 30.9371)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8494 #943A2A

analogous

#2A946F #2A8494 #2A4F94

triadic

#2A8494 #942A84 #84942A

tetradic

#2A8494 #6F2A94 #943A2A #4F942A

square

#2A8494 #6F2A94 #943A2A #4F942A

split-complementary

#2A8494 #942A4F #946F2A

monochromatic

#0F2F35 #1C5964 #2A8494 #38AFC4 #65C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#2A8494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#2A8494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8494

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8494	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.086 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b3',
    500: '#2a8494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8494;
$custom-light: #73a8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56812,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8494

secondary

#B96E60

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8494

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

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