#2A8885#2A8885

#2A8885 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.085 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8885
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 133)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -27.39, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 28.11, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0836 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.085 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9907, 19.7924, 25.2687)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8885 #882A2D

analogous

#2A8856 #2A8885 #2A5C88

triadic

#2A8885 #852A88 #88852A

tetradic

#2A8885 #562A88 #882A2D #5C882A

square

#2A8885 #562A88 #882A2D #5C882A

split-complementary

#2A8885 #882A5C #88562A

monochromatic

#0D2A2A #1C5957 #2A8885 #38B7B3 #5FCECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#2A8885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#2A8885 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8885

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8885	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.085 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aba8',
    500: '#2a8885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8885;
$custom-light: #72aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.085,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.08549,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8885

secondary

#B35B5D

accent

#4C50DC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8885

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

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