#2A8891#2A8891

#2A8891 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.086 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8891
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 145)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 6.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -23.69, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 26.90, 208.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0782 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.086 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8676, 20.1432, 29.8870)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8891 #91332A

analogous

#2A9167 #2A8891 #2A5591

triadic

#2A8891 #912A88 #88912A

tetradic

#2A8891 #672A91 #91332A #55912A

square

#2A8891 #672A91 #91332A #55912A

split-complementary

#2A8891 #912A55 #91672A

monochromatic

#0F2F32 #1C5B62 #2A8891 #38B5C0 #63C8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2A8891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2A8891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8891

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8891	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.086 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73abb1',
    500: '#2a8891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8891;
$custom-light: #73abb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.243,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57711,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8891

secondary

#B8675F

accent

#5649DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8891

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

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