#2A8591#2A8591

#2A8591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.085 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8591
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, -22.14, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 26.29, 212.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.075 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.085 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4510, 19.3100, 29.7482)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8591 #91362A

analogous

#2A916A #2A8591 #2A5291

triadic

#2A8591 #912A85 #85912A

tetradic

#2A8591 #6A2A91 #91362A #52912A

square

#2A8591 #6A2A91 #91362A #52912A

split-complementary

#2A8591 #912A52 #916A2A

monochromatic

#0F2E32 #1C5962 #2A8591 #38B1C0 #63C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#2A8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#2A8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8591

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8591	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.085 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b1',
    500: '#2a8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8591;
$custom-light: #73a8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.99,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8591

secondary

#B8695F

accent

#5B49DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8591

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

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