#2A8EA0#2A8EA0

#2A8EA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.092 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA0
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -21.99, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 28.26, 218.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0779 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.092 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9703, 22.3743, 36.6752)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA0 #A03C2A

analogous

#2AA077 #2A8EA0 #2A53A0

triadic

#2A8EA0 #A02A8E #8EA02A

tetradic

#2A8EA0 #772AA0 #A03C2A #53A02A

square

#2A8EA0 #772AA0 #A03C2A #53A02A

split-complementary

#2A8EA0 #A02A53 #A0772A

monochromatic

#11383F #1D6370 #2A8EA0 #3CB6CC #6CC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2A8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2A8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA0

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA0	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.092 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbc',
    500: '#2a8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea0;
$custom-light: #76afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59844,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA0

secondary

#BF7467

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA0

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

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