#2A9877#2A9877

#2A9877 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.110 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9877
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 119)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -38.69, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 39.64, 167.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.1076 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.11 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5111, 24.2788, 21.3180)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9877 #982A4B

analogous

#2A9840 #2A9877 #2A8298

triadic

#2A9877 #772A98 #98772A

tetradic

#2A9877 #402A98 #982A4B #82982A

square

#2A9877 #402A98 #982A4B #82982A

split-complementary

#2A9877 #982A82 #98402A

monochromatic

#10382C #1D6851 #2A9877 #37C89C #67D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2A9877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2A9877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9877

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9877	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.110 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b79e',
    500: '#2a9877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9877;
$custom-light: #74b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61016,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9877

secondary

#BB627D

accent

#4875E0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9877

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

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