#2AA8B8#2AA8B8

#2AA8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.106 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8B8
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -27.55, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 32.82, 212.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0939 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.106 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6054, 31.9553, 50.2620)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8B8 #B83A2A

analogous

#2AB881 #2AA8B8 #2A61B8

triadic

#2AA8B8 #B82AA8 #A8B82A

tetradic

#2AA8B8 #812AB8 #B83A2A #61B82A

square

#2AA8B8 #812AB8 #B83A2A #61B82A

split-complementary

#2AA8B8 #B82A61 #B8812A

monochromatic

#134D54 #1F7B86 #2AA8B8 #4AC6D6 #7BD6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#2AA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#2AA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8B8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8B8	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.106 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2cd',
    500: '#2aa8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8b8;
$custom-light: #7bc2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67299,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8B8

secondary

#C97E75

accent

#5442E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8B8

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

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