#2E8988#2E8988

#2E8988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.084 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8988
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -26.35, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 27.35, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0814 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.084 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.5143, 20.2481, 26.4311)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8988 #892E2F

analogous

#2E895A #2E8988 #2E5C89

triadic

#2E8988 #882E89 #89882E

tetradic

#2E8988 #5A2E89 #892E2F #5C892E

square

#2E8988 #5A2E89 #892E2F #5C892E

split-complementary

#2E8988 #892E5C #895A2E

monochromatic

#0F2D2D #1F5B5B #2E8988 #3DB7B5 #66CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2E8988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2E8988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8988

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8988	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.084 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acaa',
    500: '#2e8988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8988;
$custom-light: #74acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57736,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8988

secondary

#B26061

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8988

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

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