#2A8872#2A8872

#2A8872 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.093 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8872
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 16.2%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, -32.77, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 33.00, 173.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0928 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.093 174)
XYZ	xyz(12.7948, 19.3140, 18.9700)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8872 #882A40

analogous

#2A8843 #2A8872 #2A6F88

triadic

#2A8872 #722A88 #88722A

tetradic

#2A8872 #432A88 #882A40 #6F882A

square

#2A8872 #432A88 #882A40 #6F882A

split-complementary

#2A8872 #882A6F #88432A

monochromatic

#0D2A24 #1C594B #2A8872 #38B799 #5FCEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#2A8872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#2A8872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8872

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8872	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)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.093 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ab9a',
    500: '#2a8872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8872;
$custom-light: #71ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.957,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56629,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.19315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8872

secondary

#B35B6F

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8872

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

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