#2A878C#2A878C

#2A878C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.085 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A878C
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 140)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -24.75, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 26.91, 203.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0793 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.085 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3504, 19.7120, 27.8543)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A878C #8C2F2A

analogous

#2A8C60 #2A878C #2A568C

triadic

#2A878C #8C2A87 #878C2A

tetradic

#2A878C #602A8C #8C2F2A #568C2A

square

#2A878C #602A8C #8C2F2A #568C2A

split-complementary

#2A878C #8C2A56 #8C602A

monochromatic

#0E2C2E #1C5A5D #2A878C #38B4BB #61CAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2A878C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2A878C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A878C

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A878C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A878C	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)

#7D818C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a878c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.085 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aaad',
    500: '#2a878c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a878c;
$custom-light: #72aaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a878c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.061,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57259,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A878C

secondary

#B5615C

accent

#524BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A878C

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

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