#2A9F79#2A9F79

#2A9F79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9F79
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -41.21, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 42.60, 165.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1139 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.117 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8023, 26.6670, 22.3472)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9F79 #9F2A50

analogous

#2A9F3F #2A9F79 #2A8B9F

triadic

#2A9F79 #792A9F #9F792A

tetradic

#2A9F79 #3F2A9F #9F2A50 #8B9F2A

square

#2A9F79 #3F2A9F #9F2A50 #8B9F2A

split-complementary

#2A9F79 #9F2A8B #9F3F2A

monochromatic

#103E2F #1D6F54 #2A9F79 #3BCB9C #6BD8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#2A9F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#2A9F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9F79

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9F79	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bc9f',
    500: '#2a9f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9f79;
$custom-light: #75bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.513,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62916,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9F79

secondary

#BF6683

accent

#4679E1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9F79

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

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