#2A8A8A#2A8A8A

#2A8A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.086 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A8A
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -26.88, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 28.06, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0835 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.086 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.6287, 20.5025, 27.2262)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A8A #8A2A2A

analogous

#2A8A5A #2A8A8A #2A5A8A

triadic

#2A8A8A #8A2A8A #8A8A2A

tetradic

#2A8A8A #5A2A8A #8A2A2A #5A8A2A

square

#2A8A8A #5A2A8A #8A2A2A #5A8A2A

split-complementary

#2A8A8A #8A2A5A #8A5A2A

monochromatic

#0D2C2C #1C5B5B #2A8A8A #38B9B9 #60CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2A8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2A8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A8A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A8A	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.086 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acac',
    500: '#2a8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a8a;
$custom-light: #73acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57959,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A8A

secondary

#B45B5B

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A8A

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

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