#2A979E#2A979E

#2A979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A979E
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -27.23, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 29.93, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0881 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1903, 25.0919, 36.2257)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A979E #9E312A

analogous

#2A9E6B #2A979E #2A5D9E

triadic

#2A979E #9E2A97 #979E2A

tetradic

#2A979E #6B2A9E #9E312A #5D9E2A

square

#2A979E #6B2A9E #9E312A #5D9E2A

split-complementary

#2A979E #9E2A5D #9E6B2A

monochromatic

#103B3D #1D696E #2A979E #3AC2CB #6BD1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2A979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2A979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A979E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A979E	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6ba',
    500: '#2a979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a979e;
$custom-light: #76b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A979E

secondary

#BE6B66

accent

#5047E1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A979E

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

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