#2A7E79#2A7E79

#2A7E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.079 H 189.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7E79
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, -25.96, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 26.38, 190.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% -0.0783 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.079 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8653, 16.7931, 20.7015)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7E79 #7E2A2F

analogous

#2A7E4F #2A7E79 #2A597E

triadic

#2A7E79 #792A7E #7E792A

tetradic

#2A7E79 #4F2A7E #7E2A2F #597E2A

square

#2A7E79 #4F2A7E #7E2A2F #597E2A

split-complementary

#2A7E79 #7E2A59 #7E4F2A

monochromatic

#0B2221 #1B504D #2A7E79 #39ACA5 #5AC8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#2A7E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#2A7E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7E79

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7E79	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.079 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa49f',
    500: '#2a7e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7e79;
$custom-light: #6fa49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54209,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7E79

secondary

#AE565B

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7E79

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

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