#2A9079#2A9079

#2A9079 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.099 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9079
RGB	rgb(42, 144, 121)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 16%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -34.59, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 34.81, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0981 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.099 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3776, 21.8176, 21.5389)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9079 #902A41

analogous

#2A9046 #2A9079 #2A7490

triadic

#2A9079 #792A90 #90792A

tetradic

#2A9079 #462A90 #902A41 #74902A

square

#2A9079 #462A90 #902A41 #74902A

split-complementary

#2A9079 #902A74 #90462A

monochromatic

#0E3129 #1C6151 #2A9079 #38BFA1 #63D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2A9079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2A9079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9079

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9079	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 144, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.099 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b19f',
    500: '#2a9079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9079;
$custom-light: #72b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5896,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9079

secondary

#B75E72

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9079

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

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