#2A8D99#2A8D99

#2A8D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D99
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -23.73, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 27.84, 211.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0799 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.09 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2270, 21.8400, 33.4911)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D99 #99362A

analogous

#2A996D #2A8D99 #2A5699

triadic

#2A8D99 #992A8D #8D992A

tetradic

#2A8D99 #6D2A99 #99362A #56992A

square

#2A8D99 #6D2A99 #99362A #56992A

split-complementary

#2A8D99 #992A56 #996D2A

monochromatic

#103439 #1D6169 #2A8D99 #38B9C8 #68CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2A8D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2A8D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D99

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D99	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb7',
    500: '#2a8d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d99;
$custom-light: #75aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59305,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D99

secondary

#BC6D63

accent

#5848E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D99

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

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