#2A908E#2A908E

#2A908E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A908E
RGB	rgb(42, 144, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -28.64, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 29.57, 194.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.088 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.09 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8084, 22.3899, 29.0745)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A908E #902A2C

analogous

#2A905B #2A908E #2A5F90

triadic

#2A908E #8E2A90 #908E2A

tetradic

#2A908E #5B2A90 #902A2C #5F902A

square

#2A908E #5B2A90 #902A2C #5F902A

split-complementary

#2A908E #902A5F #905B2A

monochromatic

#0E3131 #1C615F #2A908E #38BFBD #63D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2A908E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2A908E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A908E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A908E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A908E	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	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)

#87898E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a908e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 144, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b1af',
    500: '#2a908e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a908e;
$custom-light: #74b1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a908e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A908E

secondary

#B75E60

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A908E

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

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