#2A978C#2A978C

#2A978C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.097 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A978C
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -32.60, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 32.73, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0963 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.097 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7528, 24.5169, 28.6552)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A978C #972A35

analogous

#2A9755 #2A978C #2A6B97

triadic

#2A978C #8C2A97 #978C2A

tetradic

#2A978C #552A97 #972A35 #6B972A

square

#2A978C #552A97 #972A35 #6B972A

split-complementary

#2A978C #972A6B #97552A

monochromatic

#0F3733 #1D6760 #2A978C #37C7B8 #67D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2A978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2A978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A978C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A978C	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)

#8F8E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.097 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ad',
    500: '#2a978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a978c;
$custom-light: #75b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.945,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61393,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A978C

secondary

#BB626B

accent

#4857E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A978C

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

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