#2A8A9B#2A8A9B

#2A8A9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9B
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -21.53, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 27.45, 218.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0759 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.09 212)
XYZ	xyz(15.9572, 21.0339, 34.2229)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9B #9B3B2A

analogous

#2A9B73 #2A8A9B #2A519B

triadic

#2A8A9B #9B2A8A #8A9B2A

tetradic

#2A8A9B #732A9B #9B3B2A #519B2A

square

#2A8A9B #732A9B #9B3B2A #519B2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9B #9B2A51 #9B732A

monochromatic

#10343B #1D5F6B #2A8A9B #39B4C9 #69C6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2A8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#2A8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acb8',
    500: '#2a8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9b;
$custom-light: #75acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.027,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.21036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9B

secondary

#BD7164

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9B

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

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