#2A8A9A#2A8A9A

#2A8A9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9A
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -21.85, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 27.39, 217.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0763 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.089 211)
XYZ	xyz(15.8736, 21.0004, 33.7825)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9A #9A3A2A

analogous

#2A9A72 #2A8A9A #2A529A

triadic

#2A8A9A #9A2A8A #8A9A2A

tetradic

#2A8A9A #722A9A #9A3A2A #529A2A

square

#2A8A9A #722A9A #9A3A2A #529A2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9A #9A2A52 #9A722A

monochromatic

#10343A #1D5F6A #2A8A9A #38B4C9 #68C6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#2A8A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#2A8A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9A

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9A	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acb7',
    500: '#2a8a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9a;
$custom-light: #74acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58585,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.21002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9A

secondary

#BC7063

accent

#5D47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9A

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

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