#2A8895#2A8895

#2A8895 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.087 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A8895
RGBrgb(42, 136, 149)
HSLhsl(187, 56%, 37%)
HSVhsv(187, 72%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(71.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LABlab(52.14, -22.42, -14.85)
CIE-LCHlch(52.14, 26.89, 213.52°)
OKLaboklab(57.87% -0.0764 -0.0413)
OKLCHoklch(57.87% 0.087 208.4)
XYZxyz(15.1815, 20.2687, 31.5401)
Luminance0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A8895 #95372A
analogous
#2A956D #2A8895 #2A5295
triadic
#2A8895 #952A88 #88952A
tetradic
#2A8895 #6D2A95 #95372A #52952A
square
#2A8895 #6D2A95 #95372A #52952A
split-complementary
#2A8895 #952A52 #956D2A
monochromatic
#0F3136 #1D5C65 #2A8895 #37B4C5 #66C6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16
#2A8895 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05
#2A8895 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8895
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A8895#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A88951.004.165.055.05
#FFFFFF4.161.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0521.001.001.00
##0000005.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C8396
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D7895
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a8895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.087 208.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb4',
    500: '#2a8895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a8895;
$custom-light: #74abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a8895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A8895
secondary
#BA6C61
accent
#5B48DF
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

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#2A8895 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva