#2A8A89#2A8A89

#2A8A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.087 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A89
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -27.18, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 28.21, 195.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0839 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.087 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.5566, 20.4737, 26.8467)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A89 #8A2A2B

analogous

#2A8A59 #2A8A89 #2A5B8A

triadic

#2A8A89 #892A8A #8A892A

tetradic

#2A8A89 #592A8A #8A2A2B #5B8A2A

square

#2A8A89 #592A8A #8A2A2B #5B8A2A

split-complementary

#2A8A89 #8A2A5B #8A592A

monochromatic

#0D2C2C #1C5B5A #2A8A89 #38B9B8 #60CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2A8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#2A8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A89

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A89	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#818389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.087 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acab',
    500: '#2a8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a89;
$custom-light: #73acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A89

secondary

#B45B5C

accent

#4B4DDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A89

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

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