#2E8889#2E8889

#2E8889 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.083 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8889
RGB	rgb(46, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -25.55, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 26.87, 198.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0798 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.083 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4442, 19.9937, 26.7600)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8889 #892F2E

analogous

#2E895C #2E8889 #2E5A89

triadic

#2E8889 #892E88 #88892E

tetradic

#2E8889 #5C2E89 #892F2E #5A892E

square

#2E8889 #5C2E89 #892F2E #5A892E

split-complementary

#2E8889 #892E5A #895C2E

monochromatic

#0F2D2D #1F5B5B #2E8889 #3DB5B7 #66CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2E8889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2E8889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8889

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8889	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71778A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.083 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74abab',
    500: '#2e8889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8889;
$custom-light: #74abab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8889

secondary

#B26160

accent

#504FD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8889

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

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