#2A8D9F#2A8D9F

#2A8D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D9F
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -21.80, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 28.07, 219.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0773 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.092 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7351, 22.0432, 36.1669)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D9F #9F3C2A

analogous

#2A9F77 #2A8D9F #2A539F

triadic

#2A8D9F #9F2A8D #8D9F2A

tetradic

#2A8D9F #772A9F #9F3C2A #539F2A

square

#2A8D9F #772A9F #9F3C2A #539F2A

split-complementary

#2A8D9F #9F2A53 #9F772A

monochromatic

#10373E #1D626F #2A8D9F #3BB5CB #6BC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2A8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2A8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D9F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D9F	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aebb',
    500: '#2a8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d9f;
$custom-light: #75aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59551,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D9F

secondary

#BF7466

accent

#5E46E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D9F

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

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