#2A9980#2A9980

#2A9980 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9980
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -36.82, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 37.07, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.1042 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.105 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2404, 24.8313, 24.3549)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9980 #992A43

analogous

#2A9948 #2A9980 #2A7A99

triadic

#2A9980 #802A99 #99802A

tetradic

#2A9980 #482A99 #992A43 #7A992A

square

#2A9980 #482A99 #992A43 #7A992A

split-complementary

#2A9980 #992A7A #99482A

monochromatic

#103930 #1D6958 #2A9980 #38C8A8 #68D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2A9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#2A9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9980

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9980	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a4',
    500: '#2a9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9980;
$custom-light: #74b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.486,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9980

secondary

#BC6377

accent

#486AE0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9980

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

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