#2A8587#2A8587

#2A8587 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.083 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8587
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -25.28, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 26.78, 199.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% -0.0795 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.083 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7136, 19.0150, 25.8645)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8587 #872C2A

analogous

#2A875A #2A8587 #2A5787

triadic

#2A8587 #872A85 #85872A

tetradic

#2A8587 #5A2A87 #872C2A #57872A

square

#2A8587 #5A2A87 #872C2A #57872A

split-complementary

#2A8587 #872A57 #875A2A

monochromatic

#0D292A #1B5758 #2A8587 #39B3B6 #5ECBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2A8587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#2A8587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8587

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8587	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)

#7C7F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.083 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9a9',
    500: '#2a8587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8587;
$custom-light: #72a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56552,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8587

secondary

#B35C5A

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8587

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

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