#2AA179#2AA179

#2AA179 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA179
RGB	rgb(42, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 24.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -42.06, 11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 43.65, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.116 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.12 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1490, 27.3604, 22.4627)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA179 #A12A52

analogous

#2AA13E #2AA179 #2A8EA1

triadic

#2AA179 #792AA1 #A1792A

tetradic

#2AA179 #3E2AA1 #A12A52 #8EA12A

square

#2AA179 #3E2AA1 #A12A52 #8EA12A

split-complementary

#2AA179 #A12A8E #A13E2A

monochromatic

#114030 #1D7055 #2AA179 #3CCC9C #6DD9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2AA179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2AA179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA179

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA179	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75be9f',
    500: '#2aa179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa179;
$custom-light: #75be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.832,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA179

secondary

#C06785

accent

#467AE2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA179

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

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