#2A8E82#2A8E82

#2A8E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E82
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -31.18, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 31.24, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0915 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.092 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6552, 21.4483, 24.4823)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E82 #8E2A36

analogous

#2A8E50 #2A8E82 #2A688E

triadic

#2A8E82 #822A8E #8E822A

tetradic

#2A8E82 #502A8E #8E2A36 #688E2A

square

#2A8E82 #502A8E #8E2A36 #688E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E82 #8E2A68 #8E502A

monochromatic

#0E302C #1C5F57 #2A8E82 #38BDAD #62D1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2A8E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2A8E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E82

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E82	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afa6',
    500: '#2a8e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e82;
$custom-light: #73afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5872,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E82

secondary

#B65D68

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E82

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

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