#2A8579#2A8579

#2A8579 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.086 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8579
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, -29.42, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 29.45, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% -0.0861 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.086 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7919, 18.6463, 21.0104)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8579 #852A36

analogous

#2A854C #2A8579 #2A6485

triadic

#2A8579 #792A85 #85792A

tetradic

#2A8579 #4C2A85 #852A36 #64852A

square

#2A8579 #4C2A85 #852A36 #64852A

split-complementary

#2A8579 #852A64 #854C2A

monochromatic

#0D2824 #1B564F #2A8579 #39B4A3 #5DCCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#2A8579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#2A8579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8579

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8579	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.086 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a99f',
    500: '#2a8579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8579;
$custom-light: #70a99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.088,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56056,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8579

secondary

#B25965

accent

#4C5FDB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8579

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

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