#2A8790#2A8790

#2A8790 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.085 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8790
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 144)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 6.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -23.49, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 26.70, 208.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0775 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.085 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6507, 19.8321, 29.4360)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8790 #90332A

analogous

#2A9066 #2A8790 #2A5490

triadic

#2A8790 #902A87 #87902A

tetradic

#2A8790 #662A90 #90332A #54902A

square

#2A8790 #662A90 #90332A #54902A

split-complementary

#2A8790 #902A54 #90662A

monochromatic

#0E2E31 #1C5B61 #2A8790 #38B3BF #63C8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#2A8790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2A8790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8790

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8790	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.085 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aab0',
    500: '#2a8790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8790;
$custom-light: #73aab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57415,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8790

secondary

#B7665E

accent

#574ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8790

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

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