#2A9581#2A9581

#2A9581 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.100 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9581
RGB	rgb(42, 149, 129)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 13.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -34.73, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 34.79, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0995 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.1 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6628, 23.5703, 24.4887)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9581 #952A3E

analogous

#2A954B #2A9581 #2A7495

triadic

#2A9581 #812A95 #95812A

tetradic

#2A9581 #4B2A95 #952A3E #74952A

square

#2A9581 #4B2A95 #952A3E #74952A

split-complementary

#2A9581 #952A74 #954B2A

monochromatic

#0F362E #1D6558 #2A9581 #37C5AA #66D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2A9581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#2A9581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9581

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9581	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 149, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.100 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5a5',
    500: '#2a9581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9581;
$custom-light: #74b5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60519,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9581

secondary

#BA6172

accent

#4865DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9581

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

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