#2A857D#2A857D

#2A857D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.085 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A857D
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 125)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, -28.27, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 28.48, 187.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% -0.0842 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.085 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0423, 18.7465, 22.3291)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A857D #852A32

analogous

#2A8550 #2A857D #2A6085

triadic

#2A857D #7D2A85 #857D2A

tetradic

#2A857D #502A85 #852A32 #60852A

square

#2A857D #502A85 #852A32 #60852A

split-complementary

#2A857D #852A60 #85502A

monochromatic

#0D2826 #1B5651 #2A857D #39B4A9 #5DCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#2A857D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#2A857D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A857D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A857D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A857D	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)

#7E7E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a857d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.085 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a9a2',
    500: '#2a857d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a857d;
$custom-light: #71a9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a857d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.725,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56192,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A857D

secondary

#B25961

accent

#4C59DB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A857D

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

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