#2A997F#2A997F

#2A997F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A997F
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -37.08, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 37.39, 172.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.1047 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.105 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1749, 24.8051, 24.0100)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A997F #992A44

analogous

#2A9947 #2A997F #2A7B99

triadic

#2A997F #7F2A99 #997F2A

tetradic

#2A997F #472A99 #992A44 #7B992A

square

#2A997F #472A99 #992A44 #7B992A

split-complementary

#2A997F #992A7B #99472A

monochromatic

#10392F #1D6957 #2A997F #38C8A6 #68D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2A997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2A997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A997F

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A997F	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#948F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a4',
    500: '#2a997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a997f;
$custom-light: #74b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.946,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61506,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A997F

secondary

#BC6378

accent

#486BE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A997F

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

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