#2A8D9D#2A8D9D

#2A8D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.091 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9D
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -22.45, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 27.95, 216.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0782 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.091 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5629, 21.9744, 35.2603)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9D #9D3A2A

analogous

#2A9D74 #2A8D9D #2A549D

triadic

#2A8D9D #9D2A8D #8D9D2A

tetradic

#2A8D9D #742A9D #9D3A2A #549D2A

square

#2A8D9D #742A9D #9D3A2A #549D2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9D #9D2A54 #9D742A

monochromatic

#10363C #1D626D #2A8D9D #3AB6CA #6AC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2A8D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.091 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeba',
    500: '#2a8d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9d;
$custom-light: #75aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59468,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9D

secondary

#BE7165

accent

#5C47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9D

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

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