#2A8F8A#2A8F8A

#2A8F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8F8A
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -29.34, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 29.89, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0888 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.09 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3626, 21.9704, 27.4709)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8F8A #8F2A2F

analogous

#2A8F58 #2A8F8A #2A628F

triadic

#2A8F8A #8A2A8F #8F8A2A

tetradic

#2A8F8A #582A8F #8F2A2F #628F2A

square

#2A8F8A #582A8F #8F2A2F #628F2A

split-complementary

#2A8F8A #8F2A62 #8F582A

monochromatic

#0E302F #1C605C #2A8F8A #38BEB8 #62D1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2A8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8F8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8F8A	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ac',
    500: '#2a8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8f8a;
$custom-light: #73b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.03,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59253,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8F8A

secondary

#B75E62

accent

#4A51DE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8F8A

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

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