#2A8882#2A8882

#2A8882 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.086 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8882
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 130)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -28.28, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 28.67, 189.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.085 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.086 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7864, 19.7107, 24.1927)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8882 #882A30

analogous

#2A8853 #2A8882 #2A5F88

triadic

#2A8882 #822A88 #88822A

tetradic

#2A8882 #532A88 #882A30 #5F882A

square

#2A8882 #532A88 #882A30 #5F882A

split-complementary

#2A8882 #882A5F #88532A

monochromatic

#0D2A29 #1C5955 #2A8882 #38B7AF #5FCEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2A8882 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2A8882 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8882

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8882	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8882	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)

#808182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8882;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.086 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aba6',
    500: '#2a8882',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8882;
$custom-light: #72aba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8882",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57151,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8882

secondary

#B35B60

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8882

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

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