#2A8E83#2A8E83

#2A8E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E83
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -30.90, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 30.99, 184.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0911 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.091 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7226, 21.4752, 24.8375)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E83 #8E2A35

analogous

#2A8E51 #2A8E83 #2A678E

triadic

#2A8E83 #832A8E #8E832A

tetradic

#2A8E83 #512A8E #8E2A35 #678E2A

square

#2A8E83 #512A8E #8E2A35 #678E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E83 #8E2A67 #8E512A

monochromatic

#0E302C #1C5F57 #2A8E83 #38BDAF #62D1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2A8E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2A8E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E83

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E83	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afa7',
    500: '#2a8e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e83;
$custom-light: #73afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E83

secondary

#B65D67

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E83

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

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