#2A8A79#2A8A79

#2A8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A79
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -31.81, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 31.82, 178.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0916 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.092 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4928, 20.0482, 21.2440)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A79 #8A2A3B

analogous

#2A8A49 #2A8A79 #2A6B8A

triadic

#2A8A79 #792A8A #8A792A

tetradic

#2A8A79 #492A8A #8A2A3B #6B8A2A

square

#2A8A79 #492A8A #8A2A3B #6B8A2A

split-complementary

#2A8A79 #8A2A6B #8A492A

monochromatic

#0D2C27 #1C5B50 #2A8A79 #38B9A2 #60CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2A8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2A8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A79

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A79	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ad9f',
    500: '#2a8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a79;
$custom-light: #71ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57376,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A79

secondary

#B45B6B

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A79

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

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