#2A978A#2A978A

#2A978A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A978A
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -33.17, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 33.22, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0973 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.097 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6067, 24.4585, 27.8856)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A978A #972A37

analogous

#2A9753 #2A978A #2A6D97

triadic

#2A978A #8A2A97 #978A2A

tetradic

#2A978A #532A97 #972A37 #6D972A

square

#2A978A #532A97 #972A37 #6D972A

split-complementary

#2A978A #972A6D #97532A

monochromatic

#0F3732 #1D675E #2A978A #37C7B6 #67D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#2A978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A978A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A978A	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ac',
    500: '#2a978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a978a;
$custom-light: #75b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.844,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61327,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A978A

secondary

#BB626D

accent

#485AE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A978A

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

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