#2E8486#2E8486

#2E8486 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.080 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8486
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, -24.42, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 25.90, 199.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0768 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.08 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6792, 18.8031, 25.4581)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8486 #86302E

analogous

#2E865C #2E8486 #2E5886

triadic

#2E8486 #862E84 #84862E

tetradic

#2E8486 #5C2E86 #86302E #58862E

square

#2E8486 #5C2E86 #86302E #58862E

split-complementary

#2E8486 #862E58 #865C2E

monochromatic

#0F2A2B #1E5758 #2E8486 #3EB1B4 #64C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2E8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2E8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8486

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8486	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.080 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8a9',
    500: '#2e8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8486;
$custom-light: #73a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5637,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8486

secondary

#B1615F

accent

#524FD8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8486

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

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