#2A897D#2A897D

#2A897D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.089 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A897D
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 8.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -30.21, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 30.25, 182.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0885 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.089 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6004, 19.8627, 22.5152)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A897D #892A36

analogous

#2A894D #2A897D #2A6689

triadic

#2A897D #7D2A89 #897D2A

tetradic

#2A897D #4D2A89 #892A36 #66892A

square

#2A897D #4D2A89 #892A36 #66892A

split-complementary

#2A897D #892A66 #894D2A

monochromatic

#0D2B28 #1C5A52 #2A897D #38B8A8 #5FCEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#2A897D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2A897D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A897D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A897D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A897D	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a897d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.089 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca2',
    500: '#2a897d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a897d;
$custom-light: #71aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a897d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.421,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A897D

secondary

#B45B66

accent

#4B5EDC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A897D

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

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