#2A979D#2A979D

#2A979D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A979D
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -27.54, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 30.00, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0885 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.094 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1045, 25.0576, 35.7742)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A979D #9D302A

analogous

#2A9D6A #2A979D #2A5E9D

triadic

#2A979D #9D2A97 #979D2A

tetradic

#2A979D #6A2A9D #9D302A #5E9D2A

square

#2A979D #6A2A9D #9D302A #5E9D2A

split-complementary

#2A979D #9D2A5E #9D6A2A

monochromatic

#103A3C #1D696D #2A979D #3AC3CA #6AD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2A979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#2A979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A979D

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A979D	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b9',
    500: '#2a979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a979d;
$custom-light: #76b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A979D

secondary

#BE6A65

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A979D

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

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