#2A8A8C#2A8A8C

#2A8A8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.086 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A8C
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 140)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -26.27, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 27.81, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0825 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.086 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7748, 20.5609, 27.9958)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A8C #8C2C2A

analogous

#2A8C5D #2A8A8C #2A598C

triadic

#2A8A8C #8C2A8A #8A8C2A

tetradic

#2A8A8C #5D2A8C #8C2C2A #598C2A

square

#2A8A8C #5D2A8C #8C2C2A #598C2A

split-complementary

#2A8A8C #8C2A59 #8C5D2A

monochromatic

#0E2D2E #1C5C5D #2A8A8C #38B8BB #61CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2A8A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2A8A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A8C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A8C	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.086 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acad',
    500: '#2a8a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a8c;
$custom-light: #73acad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58033,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A8C

secondary

#B55E5C

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A8C

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

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