#2A8F9E#2A8F9E

#2A8F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.092 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8F9E
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -23.16, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 28.28, 215.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0798 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.092 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9462, 22.6038, 35.8110)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8F9E #9E392A

analogous

#2A9E73 #2A8F9E #2A559E

triadic

#2A8F9E #9E2A8F #8F9E2A

tetradic

#2A8F9E #732A9E #9E392A #559E2A

square

#2A8F9E #732A9E #9E392A #559E2A

split-complementary

#2A8F9E #9E2A55 #9E732A

monochromatic

#10373D #1D636E #2A8F9E #3AB8CB #6BCAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2A8F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2A8F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8F9E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8F9E	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.092 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0ba',
    500: '#2a8f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8f9e;
$custom-light: #75b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.759,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8F9E

secondary

#BE7166

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8F9E

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

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