#2A8D9B#2A8D9B

#2A8D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.090 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9B
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -23.09, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 27.87, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.079 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.09 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3936, 21.9066, 34.3684)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9B #9B382A

analogous

#2A9B70 #2A8D9B #2A549B

triadic

#2A8D9B #9B2A8D #8D9B2A

tetradic

#2A8D9B #702A9B #9B382A #549B2A

square

#2A8D9B #702A9B #9B382A #549B2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9B #9B2A54 #9B702A

monochromatic

#10353B #1D616B #2A8D9B #39B7C9 #69C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2A8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2A8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9B	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.090 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb8',
    500: '#2a8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9b;
$custom-light: #75aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.434,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59386,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9B

secondary

#BD6F64

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9B

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

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