#2E8585#2E8585

#2E8585 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.081 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8585
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 133)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -25.23, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 26.36, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0783 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.081 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7460, 19.0478, 25.1379)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8585 #852E2E

analogous

#2E8559 #2E8585 #2E5985

triadic

#2E8585 #852E85 #85852E

tetradic

#2E8585 #592E85 #852E2E #59852E

square

#2E8585 #592E85 #852E2E #59852E

split-complementary

#2E8585 #852E59 #85592E

monochromatic

#0F2A2A #1E5858 #2E8585 #3EB2B2 #64C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#2E8585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#2E8585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8585

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8585	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.081 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9a8',
    500: '#2e8585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8585;
$custom-light: #73a9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56591,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8585

secondary

#B05F5F

accent

#5050D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8585

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

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