#2D8B8D#2D8B8D

#2D8B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.086 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8B8D
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -26.01, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 27.55, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0817 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.086 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1204, 20.9445, 28.4399)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8B8D #8D2F2D

analogous

#2D8D5F #2D8B8D #2D5B8D

triadic

#2D8B8D #8D2D8B #8B8D2D

tetradic

#2D8B8D #5F2D8D #8D2F2D #5B8D2D

square

#2D8B8D #5F2D8D #8D2F2D #5B8D2D

split-complementary

#2D8B8D #8D2D5B #8D5F2D

monochromatic

#0F3030 #1E5D5F #2D8B8D #3CB9BB #66CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#2D8B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#2D8B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8B8D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8B8D	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.086 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adae',
    500: '#2d8b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8b8d;
$custom-light: #74adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58407,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8B8D

secondary

#B56361

accent

#504DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8B8D

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

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