#2A8A7E#2A8A7E

#2A8A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.089 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A7E
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, -30.41, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 30.45, 183.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0891 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.089 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8074, 20.1740, 22.9009)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A7E #8A2A36

analogous

#2A8A4E #2A8A7E #2A668A

triadic

#2A8A7E #7E2A8A #8A7E2A

tetradic

#2A8A7E #4E2A8A #8A2A36 #668A2A

square

#2A8A7E #4E2A8A #8A2A36 #668A2A

split-complementary

#2A8A7E #8A2A66 #8A4E2A

monochromatic

#0D2C28 #1C5B53 #2A8A7E #38B9A9 #60CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2A8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#2A8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A7E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A7E	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.089 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aca3',
    500: '#2a8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a7e;
$custom-light: #72aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57539,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A7E

secondary

#B45B67

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A7E

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

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