#2A8994#2A8994

#2A8994 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.087 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8994
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 148)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -23.26, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 27.07, 210.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0779 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.087 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2435, 20.5199, 31.1686)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8994 #94352A

analogous

#2A946A #2A8994 #2A5494

triadic

#2A8994 #942A89 #89942A

tetradic

#2A8994 #6A2A94 #94352A #54942A

square

#2A8994 #6A2A94 #94352A #54942A

split-complementary

#2A8994 #942A54 #946A2A

monochromatic

#0F3135 #1C5D64 #2A8994 #38B5C4 #65C8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2A8994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2A8994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8994

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8994	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.087 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abb3',
    500: '#2a8994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8994;
$custom-light: #74abb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.226,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8994

secondary

#B96A60

accent

#5849DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8994

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

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