#2A8979#2A8979

#2A8979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.090 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8979
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -31.33, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 31.34, 178.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0905 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.09 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3500, 19.7625, 21.1964)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8979 #892A3A

analogous

#2A894A #2A8979 #2A6989

triadic

#2A8979 #792A89 #89792A

tetradic

#2A8979 #4A2A89 #892A3A #69892A

square

#2A8979 #4A2A89 #892A3A #69892A

split-complementary

#2A8979 #892A69 #894A2A

monochromatic

#0D2B26 #1C5A50 #2A8979 #38B8A2 #5FCEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2A8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#2A8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8979

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8979	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)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.090 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ac9f',
    500: '#2a8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8979;
$custom-light: #71ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.895,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57112,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8979

secondary

#B45B6A

accent

#4B64DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8979

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

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