#2E8581#2E8581

#2E8581 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.082 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8581
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 129)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, -26.42, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 26.98, 191.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0802 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.082 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4749, 18.9394, 23.7101)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8581 #852E32

analogous

#2E8555 #2E8581 #2E5E85

triadic

#2E8581 #812E85 #85812E

tetradic

#2E8581 #552E85 #852E32 #5E852E

square

#2E8581 #552E85 #852E32 #5E852E

split-complementary

#2E8581 #852E5E #85552E

monochromatic

#0F2A29 #1E5855 #2E8581 #3EB2AD #64C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#2E8581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#2E8581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8581

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8581	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.082 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9a5',
    500: '#2e8581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8581;
$custom-light: #73a9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.241,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56446,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8581

secondary

#B05F62

accent

#5056D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8581

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

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