#2A8883#2A8883

#2A8883 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.086 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8883
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 131)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -27.98, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 28.47, 190.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0846 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.086 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8539, 19.7377, 24.5479)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8883 #882A2F

analogous

#2A8854 #2A8883 #2A5E88

triadic

#2A8883 #832A88 #88832A

tetradic

#2A8883 #542A88 #882A2F #5E882A

square

#2A8883 #542A88 #882A2F #5E882A

split-complementary

#2A8883 #882A5E #88542A

monochromatic

#0D2A29 #1C5956 #2A8883 #38B7B0 #5FCEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2A8883 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#2A8883 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8883

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8883	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8883	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8883;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.086 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aba7',
    500: '#2a8883',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8883;
$custom-light: #72aba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8883",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.809,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57187,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8883

secondary

#B35B5F

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8883

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

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