#2E8586#2E8586

#2E8586 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.081 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8586
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -24.93, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 26.23, 198.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0779 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.081 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8154, 19.0756, 25.5035)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8586 #862F2E

analogous

#2E865B #2E8586 #2E5986

triadic

#2E8586 #862E85 #85862E

tetradic

#2E8586 #5B2E86 #862F2E #59862E

square

#2E8586 #5B2E86 #862F2E #59862E

split-complementary

#2E8586 #862E59 #865B2E

monochromatic

#0F2B2B #1E5858 #2E8586 #3EB2B4 #64C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#2E8586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#2E8586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8586

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8586	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.081 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a9a9',
    500: '#2e8586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8586;
$custom-light: #73a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.682,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8586

secondary

#B1605F

accent

#514FD8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8586

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

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