#2E8874#2E8874

#2E8874 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.090 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8874
RGB	rgb(46, 136, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, -31.54, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 31.68, 174.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0898 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.09 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0817, 19.4487, 19.5842)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8874 #882E42

analogous

#2E8847 #2E8874 #2E6F88

triadic

#2E8874 #742E88 #88742E

tetradic

#2E8874 #472E88 #882E42 #6F882E

square

#2E8874 #472E88 #882E42 #6F882E

split-complementary

#2E8874 #882E6F #88472E

monochromatic

#0F2D26 #1F5A4D #2E8874 #3DB69B #65CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#2E8874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#2E8874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8874

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8874	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 136, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.090 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ab9c',
    500: '#2e8874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8874;
$custom-light: #72ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56803,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8874

secondary

#B26072

accent

#4F6ED9

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8874

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

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