#2A8588#2A8588

#2A8588 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.083 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8588
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 136)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -24.97, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 26.68, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.079 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.083 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7843, 19.0433, 26.2370)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8588 #882D2A

analogous

#2A885C #2A8588 #2A5688

triadic

#2A8588 #882A85 #85882A

tetradic

#2A8588 #5C2A88 #882D2A #56882A

square

#2A8588 #5C2A88 #882D2A #56882A

split-complementary

#2A8588 #882A56 #885C2A

monochromatic

#0D2A2A #1C5759 #2A8588 #38B3B7 #5FCACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2A8588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#2A8588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8588

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8588	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.083 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9aa',
    500: '#2a8588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8588;
$custom-light: #72a9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.915,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5659,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8588

secondary

#B35D5B

accent

#504CDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8588

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

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