#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
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 149)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -22.42, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 26.89, 213.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0764 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.087 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1815, 20.2687, 31.5401)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##2A8895	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2A8895

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

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