#2AA8B4#2AA8B4

#2AA8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8B4
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -28.80, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 32.85, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0956 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1920, 31.7899, 48.0849)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8B4 #B4362A

analogous

#2AB47B #2AA8B4 #2A63B4

triadic

#2AA8B4 #B42AA8 #A8B42A

tetradic

#2AA8B4 #7B2AB4 #B4362A #63B42A

square

#2AA8B4 #7B2AB4 #B4362A #63B42A

split-complementary

#2AA8B4 #B42A63 #B47B2A

monochromatic

#134B51 #1E7A82 #2AA8B4 #47C8D4 #79D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#2AA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#2AA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8B4

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8B4	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2ca',
    500: '#2aa8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8b4;
$custom-light: #7bc2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67143,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8B4

secondary

#C87A72

accent

#5143E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8B4

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

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