#2A8E89#2A8E89

#2A8E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E89
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -29.15, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.69, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0882 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1411, 21.6426, 27.0415)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E89 #8E2A2F

analogous

#2A8E57 #2A8E89 #2A618E

triadic

#2A8E89 #892A8E #8E892A

tetradic

#2A8E89 #572A8E #8E2A2F #618E2A

square

#2A8E89 #572A8E #8E2A2F #618E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E89 #8E2A61 #8E572A

monochromatic

#0E302E #1C5F5B #2A8E89 #38BDB7 #62D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2A8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2A8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E89

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E89	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afab',
    500: '#2a8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e89;
$custom-light: #73afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E89

secondary

#B65D62

accent

#4A51DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E89

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

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