#2AA5B8#2AA5B8

#2AA5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA5B8
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -26.05, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 32.38, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.091 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.106 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0579, 30.8604, 50.0795)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA5B8 #B83D2A

analogous

#2AB884 #2AA5B8 #2A5EB8

triadic

#2AA5B8 #B82AA5 #A5B82A

tetradic

#2AA5B8 #842AB8 #B83D2A #5EB82A

square

#2AA5B8 #842AB8 #B83D2A #5EB82A

split-complementary

#2AA5B8 #B82A5E #B8842A

monochromatic

#134C54 #1F7886 #2AA5B8 #4AC3D6 #7BD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#2AA5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#2AA5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA5B8

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA5B8	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0cd',
    500: '#2aa5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa5b8;
$custom-light: #7bc0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA5B8

secondary

#C98075

accent

#5842E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA5B8

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

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