#2A8A97#2A8A97

#2A8A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.088 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A97
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -22.82, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 27.28, 213.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0776 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.088 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6268, 20.9017, 32.4830)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A97 #97372A

analogous

#2A976D #2A8A97 #2A5397

triadic

#2A8A97 #972A8A #8A972A

tetradic

#2A8A97 #6D2A97 #97372A #53972A

square

#2A8A97 #6D2A97 #97372A #53972A

split-complementary

#2A8A97 #972A53 #976D2A

monochromatic

#0F3237 #1D5E67 #2A8A97 #37B6C7 #67C8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2A8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2A8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A97

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A97	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.088 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acb5',
    500: '#2a8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a97;
$custom-light: #74acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.156,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A97

secondary

#BB6D62

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A97

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

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