#2A8D8A#2A8D8A

#2A8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.089 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D8A
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -28.36, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 29.13, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0867 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.089 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0651, 21.3752, 27.3717)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D8A #8D2A2D

analogous

#2A8D58 #2A8D8A #2A5E8D

triadic

#2A8D8A #8A2A8D #8D8A2A

tetradic

#2A8D8A #582A8D #8D2A2D #5E8D2A

square

#2A8D8A #582A8D #8D2A2D #5E8D2A

split-complementary

#2A8D8A #8D2A5E #8D582A

monochromatic

#0E2F2E #1C5E5C #2A8D8A #38BCB8 #61D0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2A8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2A8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D8A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.089 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afac',
    500: '#2a8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d8a;
$custom-light: #73afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58735,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D8A

secondary

#B65D60

accent

#4A4FDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D8A

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

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