#2E8980#2E8980

#2E8980 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.086 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8980
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 6.6%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -28.69, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 28.85, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0851 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.086 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9669, 20.0291, 23.5478)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8980 #892E37

analogous

#2E8952 #2E8980 #2E6489

triadic

#2E8980 #802E89 #89802E

tetradic

#2E8980 #522E89 #892E37 #64892E

square

#2E8980 #522E89 #892E37 #64892E

split-complementary

#2E8980 #892E64 #89522E

monochromatic

#0F2D2A #1F5B55 #2E8980 #3DB7AB #66CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2E8980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2E8980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8980

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8980	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.086 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aca4',
    500: '#2e8980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8980;
$custom-light: #73aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.066,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8980

secondary

#B26069

accent

#4F5CD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8980

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

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