#2A8A9D#2A8A9D

#2A8A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9D
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -20.87, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 27.62, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0751 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.09 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1265, 21.1016, 35.1149)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9D #9D3D2A

analogous

#2A9D77 #2A8A9D #2A519D

triadic

#2A8A9D #9D2A8A #8A9D2A

tetradic

#2A8A9D #772A9D #9D3D2A #519D2A

square

#2A8A9D #772A9D #9D3D2A #519D2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9D #9D2A51 #9D772A

monochromatic

#10353C #1D606D #2A8A9D #3AB2CA #6AC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2A8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2A8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9D	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acba',
    500: '#2a8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9d;
$custom-light: #75acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.913,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58711,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9D

secondary

#BE7465

accent

#6047E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9D

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

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