#2A8E80#2A8E80

#2A8E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E80
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -31.75, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 31.76, 181.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0925 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.093 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5223, 21.3951, 23.7822)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E80 #8E2A38

analogous

#2A8E4E #2A8E80 #2A6A8E

triadic

#2A8E80 #802A8E #8E802A

tetradic

#2A8E80 #4E2A8E #8E2A38 #6A8E2A

square

#2A8E80 #4E2A8E #8E2A38 #6A8E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E80 #8E2A6A #8E4E2A

monochromatic

#0E302B #1C5F55 #2A8E80 #38BDAB #62D1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2A8E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2A8E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E80

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E80	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87867F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa4',
    500: '#2a8e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e80;
$custom-light: #72afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E80

secondary

#B65D6A

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E80

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

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