#2A8D79#2A8D79

#2A8D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8D79
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -33.21, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 33.30, 175.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0948 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.095 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9292, 20.9209, 21.3895)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8D79 #8D2A3E

analogous

#2A8D47 #2A8D79 #2A6F8D

triadic

#2A8D79 #792A8D #8D792A

tetradic

#2A8D79 #472A8D #8D2A3E #6F8D2A

square

#2A8D79 #472A8D #8D2A3E #6F8D2A

split-complementary

#2A8D79 #8D2A6F #8D472A

monochromatic

#0E2F28 #1C5E51 #2A8D79 #38BCA1 #61D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2A8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2A8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8D79

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8D79	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72af9f',
    500: '#2a8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8d79;
$custom-light: #72af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.879,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58168,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8D79

secondary

#B65D6F

accent

#4A68DD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8D79

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

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