#2A8D9A#2A8D9A

#2A8D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9A
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -23.41, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 27.85, 212.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0795 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.09 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3099, 21.8732, 33.9279)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9A #9A372A

analogous

#2A9A6F #2A8D9A #2A559A

triadic

#2A8D9A #9A2A8D #8D9A2A

tetradic

#2A8D9A #6F2A9A #9A372A #559A2A

square

#2A8D9A #6F2A9A #9A372A #559A2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9A #9A2A55 #9A6F2A

monochromatic

#10353A #1D616A #2A8D9A #38B8C9 #68C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2A8D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2A8D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9A	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)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb7',
    500: '#2a8d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9a;
$custom-light: #75aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.964,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59345,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9A

secondary

#BC6E63

accent

#5947E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9A

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

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