#2A8B8A#2A8B8A

#2A8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.087 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8B8A
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -27.38, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 28.41, 195.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0845 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.087 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.7728, 20.7908, 27.2743)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8B8A #8B2A2B

analogous

#2A8B59 #2A8B8A #2A5C8B

triadic

#2A8B8A #8A2A8B #8B8A2A

tetradic

#2A8B8A #592A8B #8B2A2B #5C8B2A

square

#2A8B8A #592A8B #8B2A2B #5C8B2A

split-complementary

#2A8B8A #8B2A5C #8B592A

monochromatic

#0E2D2D #1C5C5B #2A8B8A #38BAB9 #60CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2A8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2A8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8B8A

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8B8A	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.087 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adac',
    500: '#2a8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8b8a;
$custom-light: #73adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.381,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.08714,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8B8A

secondary

#B55C5D

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8B8A

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

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