#2A8B9A#2A8B9A

#2A8B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8B9A
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -22.37, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 27.53, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0774 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.089 210)
XYZ	xyz(16.0177, 21.2887, 33.8305)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8B9A #9A392A

analogous

#2A9A71 #2A8B9A #2A539A

triadic

#2A8B9A #9A2A8B #8B9A2A

tetradic

#2A8B9A #712A9A #9A392A #539A2A

square

#2A8B9A #712A9A #9A392A #539A2A

split-complementary

#2A8B9A #9A2A53 #9A712A

monochromatic

#10343A #1D606A #2A8B9A #38B5C9 #68C7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2A8B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2A8B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8B9A

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8B9A	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adb7',
    500: '#2a8b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8b9a;
$custom-light: #75adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.036,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58838,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.21291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8B9A

secondary

#BC6F63

accent

#5C47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8B9A

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

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