#2A9579#2A9579

#2A9579 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9579
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 18.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -36.85, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 37.37, 170.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.1034 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.105 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1517, 23.3659, 21.7970)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9579 #952A46

analogous

#2A9543 #2A9579 #2A7C95

triadic

#2A9579 #792A95 #95792A

tetradic

#2A9579 #432A95 #952A46 #7C952A

square

#2A9579 #432A95 #952A46 #7C952A

split-complementary

#2A9579 #952A7C #95432A

monochromatic

#0F362B #1D6552 #2A9579 #37C5A0 #66D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#2A9579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#2A9579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9579

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9579	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82807B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b59f',
    500: '#2a9579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9579;
$custom-light: #73b59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.299,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6028,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9579

secondary

#BA6178

accent

#4870DF

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9579

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

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