#2A8A96#2A8A96

#2A8A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.088 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A96
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -23.14, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 27.26, 211.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0781 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.088 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5460, 20.8694, 32.0571)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A96 #96362A

analogous

#2A966C #2A8A96 #2A5496

triadic

#2A8A96 #962A8A #8A962A

tetradic

#2A8A96 #6C2A96 #96362A #54962A

square

#2A8A96 #6C2A96 #96362A #54962A

split-complementary

#2A8A96 #962A54 #966C2A

monochromatic

#0F3236 #1D5E66 #2A8A96 #37B6C6 #66C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2A8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#2A8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A96

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A96	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.088 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acb4',
    500: '#2a8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a96;
$custom-light: #74acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58422,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A96

secondary

#BA6B61

accent

#5948E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A96

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

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