#2A9D79#2A9D79

#2A9D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.115 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9D79
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -40.36, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 41.54, 166.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.1118 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.115 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4611, 25.9847, 22.2335)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9D79 #9D2A4E

analogous

#2A9D3F #2A9D79 #2A889D

triadic

#2A9D79 #792A9D #9D792A

tetradic

#2A9D79 #3F2A9D #9D2A4E #889D2A

square

#2A9D79 #3F2A9D #9D2A4E #889D2A

split-complementary

#2A9D79 #9D2A88 #9D3F2A

monochromatic

#103C2F #1D6D54 #2A9D79 #3ACA9D #6AD7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2A9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2A9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9D79

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9D79	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.115 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bb9f',
    500: '#2a9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9d79;
$custom-light: #75bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.217,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62389,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9D79

secondary

#BE6581

accent

#4777E1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9D79

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

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