#2A7F79#2A7F79

#2A7F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.080 H 188.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7F79
RGB	rgb(42, 127, 121)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 4.7%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, -26.47, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 26.79, 188.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.0794 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.08 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9938, 17.0501, 20.7444)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7F79 #7F2A30

analogous

#2A7F4E #2A7F79 #2A5A7F

triadic

#2A7F79 #792A7F #7F792A

tetradic

#2A7F79 #4E2A7F #7F2A30 #5A7F2A

square

#2A7F79 #4E2A7F #7F2A30 #5A7F2A

split-complementary

#2A7F79 #7F2A5A #7F4E2A

monochromatic

#0C2321 #1B514D #2A7F79 #39ADA5 #5BC9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#2A7F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#2A7F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7F79

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7F79	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 127, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.080 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a49f',
    500: '#2a7f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7f79;
$custom-light: #70a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.765,
    "s": 50.296,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54473,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7F79

secondary

#AE575D

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7F79

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

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