#2A9879#2A9879

#2A9879 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.108 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9879
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 20.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -38.18, 7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 38.93, 168.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.1066 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.108 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6325, 24.3274, 21.9572)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9879 #982A49

analogous

#2A9842 #2A9879 #2A8098

triadic

#2A9879 #792A98 #98792A

tetradic

#2A9879 #422A98 #982A49 #80982A

square

#2A9879 #422A98 #982A49 #80982A

split-complementary

#2A9879 #982A80 #98422A

monochromatic

#10382D #1D6853 #2A9879 #37C89F #67D5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2A9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#2A9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9879

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9879	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85837B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.108 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b79f',
    500: '#2a9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9879;
$custom-light: #74b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.091,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61072,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9879

secondary

#BB627B

accent

#4873E0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9879

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

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