#2E8488#2E8488

#2E8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.080 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8488
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, -23.81, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 25.71, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0759 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.08 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8200, 18.8594, 26.1997)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8488 #88322E

analogous

#2E885F #2E8488 #2E5788

triadic

#2E8488 #882E84 #84882E

tetradic

#2E8488 #5F2E88 #88322E #57882E

square

#2E8488 #5F2E88 #88322E #57882E

split-complementary

#2E8488 #882E57 #885F2E

monochromatic

#0F2B2D #1F585A #2E8488 #3DB0B6 #65C7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#2E8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#2E8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8488

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8488	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.080 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8aa',
    500: '#2e8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8488;
$custom-light: #73a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56445,
    "c": 0.08049,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8488

secondary

#B26460

accent

#554FD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8488

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

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