#2A8878#2A8878

#2A8878 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.090 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8878
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 120)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -31.14, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 31.14, 178.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0899 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.09 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1475, 19.4551, 20.8280)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8878 #882A3A

analogous

#2A8849 #2A8878 #2A6988

triadic

#2A8878 #782A88 #88782A

tetradic

#2A8878 #492A88 #882A3A #69882A

square

#2A8878 #492A88 #882A3A #69882A

split-complementary

#2A8878 #882A69 #88492A

monochromatic

#0D2A25 #1C594F #2A8878 #38B7A1 #5FCEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#2A8878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#2A8878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8878

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8878	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#828077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.090 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ab9e',
    500: '#2a8878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8878;
$custom-light: #71ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56816,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8878

secondary

#B35B6A

accent

#4C64DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8878

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

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