#2A8A8E#2A8A8E

#2A8A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.086 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A8E
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -25.65, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 27.60, 201.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.0816 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.086 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9236, 20.6205, 28.7796)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A8E #8E2E2A

analogous

#2A8E60 #2A8A8E #2A588E

triadic

#2A8A8E #8E2A8A #8A8E2A

tetradic

#2A8A8E #602A8E #8E2E2A #588E2A

square

#2A8A8E #602A8E #8E2E2A #588E2A

split-complementary

#2A8A8E #8E2A58 #8E602A

monochromatic

#0E2E30 #1C5C5F #2A8A8E #38B8BD #62CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2A8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2A8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A8E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.086 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acaf',
    500: '#2a8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a8e;
$custom-light: #73acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58108,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A8E

secondary

#B6615D

accent

#504ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A8E

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

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