#2A878B#2A878B

#2A878B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.085 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A878B
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 139)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -25.06, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 26.99, 201.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0798 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.085 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2770, 19.6826, 27.4678)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A878B #8B2E2A

analogous

#2A8B5E #2A878B #2A568B

triadic

#2A878B #8B2A87 #878B2A

tetradic

#2A878B #5E2A8B #8B2E2A #568B2A

square

#2A878B #5E2A8B #8B2E2A #568B2A

split-complementary

#2A878B #8B2A56 #8B5E2A

monochromatic

#0E2C2D #1C595C #2A878B #38B5BA #60CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2A878B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2A878B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A878B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A878B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A878B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a878b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.085 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aaac',
    500: '#2a878b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a878b;
$custom-light: #72aaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a878b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.474,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57221,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A878B

secondary

#B5605C

accent

#514BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A878B

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

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