#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
RGBrgb(42, 133, 136)
HSLhsl(182, 53%, 35%)
HSVhsv(182, 69%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.74, -24.97, -9.39)
CIE-LCHlch(50.74, 26.68, 200.61°)
OKLaboklab(56.59% -0.079 -0.026)
OKLCHoklch(56.59% 0.083 198.2)
XYZxyz(13.7843, 19.0433, 26.2370)
Luminance0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##2A85881.004.374.814.81
#FFFFFF4.371.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8121.001.001.00
##0000004.8121.001.001.00

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

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#2A8588 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva