#2D8E8B#2D8E8B

#2D8E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.088 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8E8B
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -28.11, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 28.87, 193.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0859 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.088 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4133, 21.7662, 27.8101)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8E8B #8E2D30

analogous

#2D8E5B #2D8E8B #2D618E

triadic

#2D8E8B #8B2D8E #8E8B2D

tetradic

#2D8E8B #5B2D8E #8E2D30 #618E2D

square

#2D8E8B #5B2D8E #8E2D30 #618E2D

split-complementary

#2D8E8B #8E2D61 #8E5B2D

monochromatic

#103130 #1E605E #2D8E8B #3CBCB8 #67CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2D8E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2D8E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8E8B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8E8B	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.088 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afac',
    500: '#2d8e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8e8b;
$custom-light: #74afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.144,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59107,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8E8B

secondary

#B56164

accent

#4C51DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8E8B

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

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