#2A8D8E#2A8D8E

#2A8D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.088 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D8E
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -27.16, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 28.54, 197.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0848 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.088 196)
XYZ	xyz(15.3600, 21.4932, 28.9250)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D8E #8E2B2A

analogous

#2A8E5D #2A8D8E #2A5B8E

triadic

#2A8D8E #8E2A8D #8D8E2A

tetradic

#2A8D8E #5D2A8E #8E2B2A #5B8E2A

square

#2A8D8E #5D2A8E #8E2B2A #5B8E2A

split-complementary

#2A8D8E #8E2A5B #8E5D2A

monochromatic

#0E2F30 #1C5E5F #2A8D8E #38BCBD #62CFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2A8D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2A8D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D8E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D8E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.088 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeaf',
    500: '#2a8d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d8e;
$custom-light: #73aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58881,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D8E

secondary

#B65E5D

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D8E

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

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