#2A8E99#2A8E99

#2A8E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.090 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8E99
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -24.24, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 28.04, 210.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0809 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.09 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3751, 22.1362, 33.5405)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8E99 #99352A

analogous

#2A996C #2A8E99 #2A5699

triadic

#2A8E99 #992A8E #8E992A

tetradic

#2A8E99 #6C2A99 #99352A #56992A

square

#2A8E99 #6C2A99 #99352A #56992A

split-complementary

#2A8E99 #992A56 #996C2A

monochromatic

#103539 #1D6169 #2A8E99 #38BAC8 #68CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2A8E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2A8E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8E99

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8E99	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.090 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afb7',
    500: '#2a8e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8e99;
$custom-light: #75afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59559,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8E99

secondary

#BC6C63

accent

#5748E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8E99

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

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