#2A8B9E#2A8B9E

#2A8B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8B9E
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -21.07, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 27.80, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0757 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.091 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3564, 21.4242, 35.6144)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8B9E #9E3D2A

analogous

#2A9E77 #2A8B9E #2A519E

triadic

#2A8B9E #9E2A8B #8B9E2A

tetradic

#2A8B9E #772A9E #9E3D2A #519E2A

square

#2A8B9E #772A9E #9E3D2A #519E2A

split-complementary

#2A8B9E #9E2A51 #9E772A

monochromatic

#10363D #1D606E #2A8B9E #3AB3CB #6BC6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2A8B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2A8B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8B9E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8B9E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adba',
    500: '#2a8b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8b9e;
$custom-light: #75adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.828,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59005,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8B9E

secondary

#BE7466

accent

#6047E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8B9E

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

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