#2E8985#2E8985

#2E8985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.084 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8985
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -27.24, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 27.84, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0827 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.084 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3041, 20.1640, 25.3239)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8985 #892E32

analogous

#2E8957 #2E8985 #2E5F89

triadic

#2E8985 #852E89 #89852E

tetradic

#2E8985 #572E89 #892E32 #5F892E

square

#2E8985 #572E89 #892E32 #5F892E

split-complementary

#2E8985 #892E5F #89572E

monochromatic

#0F2D2C #1F5B59 #2E8985 #3DB7B1 #66CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2E8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2E8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8985

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8985	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.084 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aca8',
    500: '#2e8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8985;
$custom-light: #74aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.363,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57628,
    "c": 0.08427,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8985

secondary

#B26064

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8985

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

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