#2A7E80#2A7E80

#2A7E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.079 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7E80
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -23.85, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 25.30, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.075 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.079 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3103, 16.9711, 23.0449)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7E80 #802C2A

analogous

#2A8057 #2A7E80 #2A5380

triadic

#2A7E80 #802A7E #7E802A

tetradic

#2A7E80 #572A80 #802C2A #53802A

square

#2A7E80 #572A80 #802C2A #53802A

split-complementary

#2A7E80 #802A53 #80572A

monochromatic

#0C2324 #1B5152 #2A7E80 #39ABAE #5BC7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#2A7E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#2A7E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7E80

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7E80	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.079 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3a4',
    500: '#2a7e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7e80;
$custom-light: #70a3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54467,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7E80

secondary

#AF5957

accent

#514EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7E80

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

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