#2A997A#2A997A

#2A997A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.109 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A997A
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -38.37, 7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 39.09, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.1071 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.109 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8571, 24.6780, 22.3362)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A997A #992A49

analogous

#2A9942 #2A997A #2A8099

triadic

#2A997A #7A2A99 #997A2A

tetradic

#2A997A #422A99 #992A49 #80992A

square

#2A997A #422A99 #992A49 #80992A

split-complementary

#2A997A #992A80 #99422A

monochromatic

#10392D #1D6954 #2A997A #38C8A0 #68D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#2A997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#2A997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A997A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A997A	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.109 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a0',
    500: '#2a997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a997a;
$custom-light: #74b8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.243,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61363,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A997A

secondary

#BC637C

accent

#4872E0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A997A

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

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