#2A8879#2A8879

#2A8879 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.089 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8879
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 11%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -30.86, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 30.86, 179.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0894 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.089 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2085, 19.4795, 21.1493)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8879 #882A39

analogous

#2A884A #2A8879 #2A6888

triadic

#2A8879 #792A88 #88792A

tetradic

#2A8879 #4A2A88 #882A39 #68882A

square

#2A8879 #4A2A88 #882A39 #68882A

split-complementary

#2A8879 #882A68 #884A2A

monochromatic

#0D2A26 #1C594F #2A8879 #38B7A3 #5FCEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#2A8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#2A8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8879

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8879	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75767A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.089 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ab9f',
    500: '#2a8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8879;
$custom-light: #71ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.426,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56848,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8879

secondary

#B35B69

accent

#4C63DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8879

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

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