#2A8B99#2A8B99

#2A8B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8B99
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -22.69, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 27.49, 214.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0778 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.089 209)
XYZ	xyz(15.9348, 21.2555, 33.3937)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8B99 #99382A

analogous

#2A996F #2A8B99 #2A5399

triadic

#2A8B99 #992A8B #8B992A

tetradic

#2A8B99 #6F2A99 #99382A #53992A

square

#2A8B99 #6F2A99 #99382A #53992A

split-complementary

#2A8B99 #992A53 #996F2A

monochromatic

#103439 #1D5F69 #2A8B99 #38B6C8 #68C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2A8B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2A8B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8B99

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8B99	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb7',
    500: '#2a8b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8b99;
$custom-light: #74adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.568,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58797,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.21257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8B99

secondary

#BC6E63

accent

#5B48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8B99

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

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