#2A9785#2A9785

#2A9785 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9785
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 133)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 11.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -34.56, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 34.57, 178.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0997 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.1 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2530, 24.3170, 26.0228)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9785 #972A3C

analogous

#2A974F #2A9785 #2A7297

triadic

#2A9785 #852A97 #97852A

tetradic

#2A9785 #4F2A97 #972A3C #72972A

square

#2A9785 #4F2A97 #972A3C #72972A

split-complementary

#2A9785 #972A72 #974F2A

monochromatic

#0F3731 #1D675B #2A9785 #37C7AF #67D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2A9785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2A9785 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9785

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9785	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6a8',
    500: '#2a9785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9785;
$custom-light: #74b6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.092,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61166,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9785

secondary

#BB6271

accent

#4861E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9785

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

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