#2A9480#2A9480

#2A9480 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.099 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9480
RGB	rgb(42, 148, 128)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 13.5%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -34.55, 1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 34.60, 176.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0989 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.099 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4391, 23.2288, 24.0878)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9480 #942A3E

analogous

#2A944B #2A9480 #2A7394

triadic

#2A9480 #802A94 #94802A

tetradic

#2A9480 #4B2A94 #942A3E #73942A

square

#2A9480 #4B2A94 #942A3E #73942A

split-complementary

#2A9480 #942A73 #944B2A

monochromatic

#0F352E #1C6457 #2A9480 #38C4A9 #65D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2A9480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2A9480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9480

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9480	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 148, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.099 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b4a4',
    500: '#2a9480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9480;
$custom-light: #73b4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60226,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9480

secondary

#B96071

accent

#4965DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9480

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

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