#2A9C79#2A9C79

#2A9C79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9C79
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 0%, 22.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -39.93, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 41.02, 166.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.1108 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.113 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2926, 25.6478, 22.1773)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9C79 #9C2A4D

analogous

#2A9C40 #2A9C79 #2A869C

triadic

#2A9C79 #792A9C #9C792A

tetradic

#2A9C79 #402A9C #9C2A4D #869C2A

square

#2A9C79 #402A9C #9C2A4D #869C2A

split-complementary

#2A9C79 #9C2A86 #9C402A

monochromatic

#103C2E #1D6C54 #2A9C79 #39CA9D #6AD7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#2A9C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#2A9C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9C79

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9C79	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74ba9f',
    500: '#2a9c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9c79;
$custom-light: #74ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62126,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9C79

secondary

#BD6580

accent

#4776E1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9C79

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

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