#2A8978#2A8978

#2A8978 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.091 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8978
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 12.4%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -31.61, 1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 31.63, 177.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% -0.091 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.091 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2890, 19.7381, 20.8751)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8978 #892A3B

analogous

#2A8948 #2A8978 #2A6B89

triadic

#2A8978 #782A89 #89782A

tetradic

#2A8978 #482A89 #892A3B #6B892A

square

#2A8978 #482A89 #892A3B #6B892A

split-complementary

#2A8978 #892A6B #89482A

monochromatic

#0D2B26 #1C5A4F #2A8978 #38B8A1 #5FCEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2A8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#2A8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8978

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8978	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.091 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ac9e',
    500: '#2a8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8978;
$custom-light: #71ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.263,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8978

secondary

#B45B6B

accent

#4B65DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8978

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

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