#2A8B97#2A8B97

#2A8B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.088 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8B97
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -23.34, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 27.46, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0787 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.088 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7710, 21.1900, 32.5311)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8B97 #97362A

analogous

#2A976D #2A8B97 #2A5497

triadic

#2A8B97 #972A8B #8B972A

tetradic

#2A8B97 #6D2A97 #97362A #54972A

square

#2A8B97 #6D2A97 #97362A #54972A

split-complementary

#2A8B97 #972A54 #976D2A

monochromatic

#0F3337 #1D5F67 #2A8B97 #37B7C7 #67C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2A8B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2A8B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8B97

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8B97	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.088 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb5',
    500: '#2a8b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8b97;
$custom-light: #74adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.606,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58716,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8B97

secondary

#BB6C62

accent

#5948E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8B97

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

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