#2A8A78#2A8A78

#2A8A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.092 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A8A78
RGBrgb(42, 138, 120)
HSLhsl(169, 53%, 35%)
HSVhsv(169, 70%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.86, -32.08, 1.60)
CIE-LCHlch(51.86, 32.12, 177.15°)
OKLaboklab(57.35% -0.0921 0.0037)
OKLCHoklch(57.35% 0.092 177.7)
XYZxyz(13.4318, 20.0237, 20.9227)
Luminance0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A8A78 #8A2A3C
analogous
#2A8A48 #2A8A78 #2A6C8A
triadic
#2A8A78 #782A8A #8A782A
tetradic
#2A8A78 #482A8A #8A2A3C #6C8A2A
square
#2A8A78 #482A8A #8A2A3C #6C8A2A
split-complementary
#2A8A78 #8A2A6C #8A482A
monochromatic
#0D2C26 #1C5B4F #2A8A78 #38B9A1 #60CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20
#2A8A78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01
#2A8A78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A78
5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A8A78#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A8A781.004.205.015.01
#FFFFFF4.201.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0121.001.001.00
##0000005.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#848177
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777879
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008C85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.092 177.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ad9e',
    500: '#2a8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a8a78;
$custom-light: #71ad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57345,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A8A78
secondary
#B45B6C
accent
#4B66DD
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF4F2
border
#C8CECC
text
#09100E
muted
#7B7F7E

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#2A8A78 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva