#2A8495#2A8495

#2A8495 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.086 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8495
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -20.31, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 26.34, 219.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0722 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.086 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6286, 19.1630, 31.3558)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8495 #953B2A

analogous

#2A9571 #2A8495 #2A4E95

triadic

#2A8495 #952A84 #84952A

tetradic

#2A8495 #712A95 #953B2A #4E952A

square

#2A8495 #712A95 #953B2A #4E952A

split-complementary

#2A8495 #952A4E #95712A

monochromatic

#0F2F36 #1D5A65 #2A8495 #37AEC5 #66C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#2A8495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#2A8495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8495

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8495	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)

#777F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.086 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b4',
    500: '#2a8495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8495;
$custom-light: #73a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.533,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8495

secondary

#BA6F61

accent

#6048DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8495

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

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