#2A997D#2A997D

#2A997D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.107 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A997D
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -37.60, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 38.06, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.1057 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.107 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0458, 24.7535, 23.3303)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A997D #992A46

analogous

#2A9945 #2A997D #2A7D99

triadic

#2A997D #7D2A99 #997D2A

tetradic

#2A997D #452A99 #992A46 #7D992A

square

#2A997D #452A99 #992A46 #7D992A

split-complementary

#2A997D #992A7D #99452A

monochromatic

#10392F #1D6956 #2A997D #38C8A4 #68D6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#2A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#2A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A997D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A997D	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85847F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.107 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a2',
    500: '#2a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a997d;
$custom-light: #74b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.865,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61448,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A997D

secondary

#BC6379

accent

#486EE0

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A997D

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

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