#2A8C8A#2A8C8A

#2A8C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.088 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8C8A
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -27.87, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 28.77, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0856 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.088 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.9183, 21.0817, 27.3228)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8C8A #8C2A2C

analogous

#2A8C59 #2A8C8A #2A5D8C

triadic

#2A8C8A #8A2A8C #8C8A2A

tetradic

#2A8C8A #592A8C #8C2A2C #5D8C2A

square

#2A8C8A #592A8C #8C2A2C #5D8C2A

split-complementary

#2A8C8A #8C2A5D #8C592A

monochromatic

#0E2E2D #1C5D5C #2A8C8A #38BBB8 #61D0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2A8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2A8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8C8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8C8A	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.088 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeac',
    500: '#2a8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8c8a;
$custom-light: #73aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58476,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8C8A

secondary

#B55C5E

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8C8A

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

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