#2A8991#2A8991

#2A8991 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.086 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8991
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 145)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 5.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -24.21, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 27.14, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0792 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.086 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0091, 20.4262, 29.9342)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8991 #91322A

analogous

#2A9166 #2A8991 #2A5691

triadic

#2A8991 #912A89 #89912A

tetradic

#2A8991 #662A91 #91322A #56912A

square

#2A8991 #662A91 #91322A #56912A

split-complementary

#2A8991 #912A56 #91662A

monochromatic

#0F2F32 #1C5C62 #2A8991 #38B6C0 #63C9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2A8991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#2A8991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8991

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8991	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.086 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73abb1',
    500: '#2a8991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8991;
$custom-light: #73abb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.66,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57967,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8991

secondary

#B8665F

accent

#5549DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8991

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

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