#2A8D9E#2A8D9E

#2A8D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.091 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9E
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -22.12, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 28.01, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0778 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.091 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6486, 22.0087, 35.7118)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9E #9E3B2A

analogous

#2A9E75 #2A8D9E #2A539E

triadic

#2A8D9E #9E2A8D #8D9E2A

tetradic

#2A8D9E #752A9E #9E3B2A #539E2A

square

#2A8D9E #752A9E #9E3B2A #539E2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9E #9E2A53 #9E752A

monochromatic

#10373D #1D626E #2A8D9E #3AB6CB #6BC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2A8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9E	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)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.091 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeba',
    500: '#2a8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9e;
$custom-light: #75aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.793,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59509,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9E

secondary

#BE7366

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9E

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

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