#2A9178#2A9178

#2A9178 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.100 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9178
RGB	rgb(42, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 17.2%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -35.31, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 35.65, 172.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0996 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.1 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4687, 22.0975, 21.2684)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9178 #912A43

analogous

#2A9145 #2A9178 #2A7791

triadic

#2A9178 #782A91 #91782A

tetradic

#2A9178 #452A91 #912A43 #77912A

square

#2A9178 #452A91 #912A43 #77912A

split-complementary

#2A9178 #912A77 #91452A

monochromatic

#0F3229 #1C6251 #2A9178 #38C09F #63D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2A9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2A9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9178

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9178	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.100 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b29f',
    500: '#2a9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9178;
$custom-light: #72b29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.437,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59195,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9178

secondary

#B85F74

accent

#496EDE

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9178

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

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