#2A8889#2A8889

#2A8889 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.085 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8889
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -26.18, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 27.52, 197.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0818 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.085 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2723, 19.9051, 26.7519)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8889 #892B2A

analogous

#2A895B #2A8889 #2A5889

triadic

#2A8889 #892A88 #88892A

tetradic

#2A8889 #5B2A89 #892B2A #58892A

square

#2A8889 #5B2A89 #892B2A #58892A

split-complementary

#2A8889 #892A58 #895B2A

monochromatic

#0D2B2B #1C5A5A #2A8889 #38B6B8 #5FCDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#2A8889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#2A8889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8889

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8889	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.085 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72abab',
    500: '#2a8889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8889;
$custom-light: #72abab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.632,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57404,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8889

secondary

#B45C5B

accent

#4D4BDC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8889

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

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