#2A7172#2A7172

#2A7172 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.070 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7172
RGB	rgb(42, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, -21.38, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 22.54, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0668 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.07 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8959, 13.5164, 18.0037)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7172 #722B2A

analogous

#2A724F #2A7172 #2A4D72

triadic

#2A7172 #722A71 #71722A

tetradic

#2A7172 #4F2A72 #722B2A #4D722A

square

#2A7172 #4F2A72 #722B2A #4D722A

split-complementary

#2A7172 #722A4D #724F2A

monochromatic

#091819 #1A4545 #2A7172 #3A9D9F #56BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#2A7172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#2A7172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7172

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7172	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.070 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d9a9a',
    500: '#2a7172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7172;
$custom-light: #6d9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50516,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7172

secondary

#A45554

accent

#5452D6

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7172

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

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