#2A8899#2A8899

#2A8899 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8899
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -21.12, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 27.08, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0747 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.088 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5063, 20.3987, 33.2509)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8899 #993B2A

analogous

#2A9972 #2A8899 #2A5099

triadic

#2A8899 #992A88 #88992A

tetradic

#2A8899 #722A99 #993B2A #50992A

square

#2A8899 #722A99 #993B2A #50992A

split-complementary

#2A8899 #992A50 #99722A

monochromatic

#103339 #1D5D69 #2A8899 #38B2C8 #68C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2A8899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#2A8899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8899

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8899	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B839A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb7',
    500: '#2a8899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8899;
$custom-light: #74abb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.189,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58037,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8899

secondary

#BC7163

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8899

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

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