#2A8E8A#2A8E8A

#2A8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.089 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E8A
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -28.86, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 29.51, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0877 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.089 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2132, 21.6715, 27.4211)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E8A #8E2A2E

analogous

#2A8E58 #2A8E8A #2A608E

triadic

#2A8E8A #8A2A8E #8E8A2A

tetradic

#2A8E8A #582A8E #8E2A2E #608E2A

square

#2A8E8A #582A8E #8E2A2E #608E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E8A #8E2A60 #8E582A

monochromatic

#0E302E #1C5F5C #2A8E8A #38BDB8 #62D1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2A8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2A8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E8A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E8A	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)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.089 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afac',
    500: '#2a8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e8a;
$custom-light: #73afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58994,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E8A

secondary

#B65D61

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E8A

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

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