#2A997B#2A997B

#2A997B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.108 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A997B
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -38.11, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 38.75, 169.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.1066 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.108 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9194, 24.7029, 22.6642)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A997B #992A48

analogous

#2A9943 #2A997B #2A7F99

triadic

#2A997B #7B2A99 #997B2A

tetradic

#2A997B #432A99 #992A48 #7F992A

square

#2A997B #432A99 #992A48 #7F992A

split-complementary

#2A997B #992A7F #99432A

monochromatic

#10392E #1D6954 #2A997B #38C8A1 #68D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#2A997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#2A997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A997B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A997B	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#948F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.108 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a1',
    500: '#2a997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a997b;
$custom-light: #74b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.784,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61391,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A997B

secondary

#BC637B

accent

#4871E0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A997B

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

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