#2A8E8D#2A8E8D

#2A8E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.089 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E8D
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -27.96, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 29.02, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0863 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.089 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.4334, 21.7595, 28.5808)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E8D #8E2A2B

analogous

#2A8E5B #2A8E8D #2A5D8E

triadic

#2A8E8D #8D2A8E #8E8D2A

tetradic

#2A8E8D #5B2A8E #8E2A2B #5D8E2A

square

#2A8E8D #5B2A8E #8E2A2B #5D8E2A

split-complementary

#2A8E8D #8E2A5D #8E5B2A

monochromatic

#0E302F #1C5F5E #2A8E8D #38BDBC #62D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2A8E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2A8E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E8D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E8D	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.089 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afae',
    500: '#2a8e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e8d;
$custom-light: #73afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59102,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E8D

secondary

#B65D5E

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E8D

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

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