#2A997E#2A997E

#2A997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A997E
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -37.34, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 37.73, 171.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.1052 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.106 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1100, 24.7792, 23.6684)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A997E #992A45

analogous

#2A9946 #2A997E #2A7C99

triadic

#2A997E #7E2A99 #997E2A

tetradic

#2A997E #462A99 #992A45 #7C992A

square

#2A997E #462A99 #992A45 #7C992A

split-complementary

#2A997E #992A7C #99462A

monochromatic

#10392F #1D6956 #2A997E #38C8A5 #68D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#2A997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2A997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A997E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A997E	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a3',
    500: '#2a997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a997e;
$custom-light: #74b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61477,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A997E

secondary

#BC6379

accent

#486DE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A997E

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

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