#2A8877#2A8877

#2A8877 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.090 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8877
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.5%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -31.41, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 31.43, 177.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0904 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.09 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0872, 19.4310, 20.5100)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8877 #882A3B

analogous

#2A8848 #2A8877 #2A6A88

triadic

#2A8877 #772A88 #88772A

tetradic

#2A8877 #482A88 #882A3B #6A882A

square

#2A8877 #482A88 #882A3B #6A882A

split-complementary

#2A8877 #882A6A #88482A

monochromatic

#0D2A25 #1C594E #2A8877 #38B7A0 #5FCEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#2A8877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#2A8877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8877

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8877	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#828076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.090 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ab9e',
    500: '#2a8877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8877;
$custom-light: #71ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.149,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8877

secondary

#B35B6B

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8877

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

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