#2A8D9C#2A8D9C

#2A8D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9C
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -22.77, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 27.90, 215.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0786 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.091 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4779, 21.9404, 34.8125)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9C #9C392A

analogous

#2A9C72 #2A8D9C #2A549C

triadic

#2A8D9C #9C2A8D #8D9C2A

tetradic

#2A8D9C #722A9C #9C392A #549C2A

square

#2A8D9C #722A9C #9C392A #549C2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9C #9C2A54 #9C722A

monochromatic

#10363C #1D616C #2A8D9C #39B7CA #6AC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2A8D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2A8D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9C	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeb9',
    500: '#2a8d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9c;
$custom-light: #75aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59427,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9C

secondary

#BD7065

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9C

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

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