#2A8F79#2A8F79

#2A8F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8F79
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -34.13, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 34.30, 174.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.097 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.097 175)
XYZ	xyz(14.2268, 21.5160, 21.4887)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8F79 #8F2A40

analogous

#2A8F47 #2A8F79 #2A738F

triadic

#2A8F79 #792A8F #8F792A

tetradic

#2A8F79 #472A8F #8F2A40 #738F2A

square

#2A8F79 #472A8F #8F2A40 #738F2A

split-complementary

#2A8F79 #8F2A73 #8F472A

monochromatic

#0E3029 #1C6051 #2A8F79 #38BEA1 #62D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2A8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2A8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8F79

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8F79	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b09f',
    500: '#2a8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8f79;
$custom-light: #72b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.931,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58696,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.21518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8F79

secondary

#B75E71

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8F79

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

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