#2A9979#2A9979

#2A9979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.110 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9979
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -38.62, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 39.45, 168.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.1076 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.11 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7954, 24.6534, 22.0116)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9979 #992A4A

analogous

#2A9942 #2A9979 #2A8199

triadic

#2A9979 #792A99 #99792A

tetradic

#2A9979 #422A99 #992A4A #81992A

square

#2A9979 #422A99 #992A4A #81992A

split-complementary

#2A9979 #992A81 #99422A

monochromatic

#10392D #1D6953 #2A9979 #38C89F #68D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#2A9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#2A9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9979

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9979	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.110 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b89f',
    500: '#2a9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9979;
$custom-light: #74b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.703,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61335,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9979

secondary

#BC637D

accent

#4874E0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9979

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

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