#2E8979#2E8979

#2E8979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.088 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8979
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, -30.66, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 30.67, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0885 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.089 179)
XYZ	xyz(13.5219, 19.8512, 21.2045)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8979 #892E3E

analogous

#2E894B #2E8979 #2E6B89

triadic

#2E8979 #792E89 #89792E

tetradic

#2E8979 #4B2E89 #892E3E #6B892E

square

#2E8979 #4B2E89 #892E3E #6B892E

split-complementary

#2E8979 #892E6B #894B2E

monochromatic

#0F2D28 #1F5B51 #2E8979 #3DB7A1 #66CCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#2E8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#2E8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8979

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8979	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.088 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ac9f',
    500: '#2e8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8979;
$custom-light: #73ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.451,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57223,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.19853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8979

secondary

#B2606F

accent

#4F67D9

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8979

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

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