#2A978E#2A978E

#2A978E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A978E
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -32.02, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 32.28, 187.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0954 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.096 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9016, 24.5765, 29.4389)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A978E #972A33

analogous

#2A9757 #2A978E #2A6997

triadic

#2A978E #8E2A97 #978E2A

tetradic

#2A978E #572A97 #972A33 #69972A

square

#2A978E #572A97 #972A33 #69972A

split-complementary

#2A978E #972A69 #97572A

monochromatic

#0F3734 #1D6761 #2A978E #37C7BB #67D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2A978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#2A978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A978E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A978E	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F838F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6af',
    500: '#2a978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a978e;
$custom-light: #75b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.046,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6146,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A978E

secondary

#BB6269

accent

#4855E0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A978E

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

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