#2A978B#2A978B

#2A978B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.097 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A978B
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -32.88, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 32.97, 184.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0968 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.097 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6794, 24.4876, 28.2686)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A978B #972A36

analogous

#2A9754 #2A978B #2A6D97

triadic

#2A978B #8B2A97 #978B2A

tetradic

#2A978B #542A97 #972A36 #6D972A

square

#2A978B #542A97 #972A36 #6D972A

split-complementary

#2A978B #972A6D #97542A

monochromatic

#0F3733 #1D675F #2A978B #37C7B7 #67D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2A978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A978B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A978B	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.097 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ac',
    500: '#2a978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a978b;
$custom-light: #75b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6136,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A978B

secondary

#BB626C

accent

#4859E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A978B

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

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