#2A9872#2A9872

#2A9872 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9872
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 25%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -39.91, 11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 41.48, 164.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.11 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.114 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2187, 24.1619, 19.7780)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9872 #982A50

analogous

#2A983B #2A9872 #2A8798

triadic

#2A9872 #722A98 #98722A

tetradic

#2A9872 #3B2A98 #982A50 #87982A

square

#2A9872 #3B2A98 #982A50 #87982A

split-complementary

#2A9872 #982A87 #983B2A

monochromatic

#10382A #1D684E #2A9872 #37C896 #67D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#2A9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#2A9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9872

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9872	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b79a',
    500: '#2a9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9872;
$custom-light: #73b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.273,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60882,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9872

secondary

#BB6281

accent

#487CE0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9872

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

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