#2A8A9C#2A8A9C

#2A8A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9C
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -21.20, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 27.53, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0755 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.09 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0415, 21.0676, 34.6671)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9C #9C3C2A

analogous

#2A9C75 #2A8A9C #2A519C

triadic

#2A8A9C #9C2A8A #8A9C2A

tetradic

#2A8A9C #752A9C #9C3C2A #519C2A

square

#2A8A9C #752A9C #9C3C2A #519C2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9C #9C2A51 #9C752A

monochromatic

#10353C #1D5F6C #2A8A9C #39B3CA #6AC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2A8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#2A8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9C	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)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acb9',
    500: '#2a8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9c;
$custom-light: #75acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58669,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9C

secondary

#BD7365

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9C

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

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