#2E8480#2E8480

#2E8480 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.081 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8480
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, -26.22, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 26.77, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% -0.0796 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.081 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2725, 18.6404, 23.3164)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8480 #842E32

analogous

#2E8455 #2E8480 #2E5D84

triadic

#2E8480 #802E84 #84802E

tetradic

#2E8480 #552E84 #842E32 #5D842E

square

#2E8480 #552E84 #842E32 #5D842E

split-complementary

#2E8480 #842E5D #84552E

monochromatic

#0E2928 #1E5754 #2E8480 #3EB1AC #64C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#2E8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#2E8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8480

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8480	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.081 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8a4',
    500: '#2e8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8480;
$custom-light: #72a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5615,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8480

secondary

#B05E62

accent

#5056D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8480

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

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