#2A8596#2A8596

#2A8596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.087 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8596
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -20.52, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 26.53, 219.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0728 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.087 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8451, 19.4676, 31.8235)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8596 #963B2A

analogous

#2A9671 #2A8596 #2A4F96

triadic

#2A8596 #962A85 #85962A

tetradic

#2A8596 #712A96 #963B2A #4F962A

square

#2A8596 #712A96 #963B2A #4F962A

split-complementary

#2A8596 #962A4F #96712A

monochromatic

#0F3036 #1D5B66 #2A8596 #37AFC6 #66C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#2A8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#2A8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8596

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8596	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.087 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b4',
    500: '#2a8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8596;
$custom-light: #73a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5715,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8596

secondary

#BA6F61

accent

#6048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8596

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

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