#2E898B#2E898B

#2E898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.084 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E898B
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -25.45, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 26.97, 199.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.08 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.084 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7305, 20.3346, 27.5697)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E898B #8B302E

analogous

#2E8B5F #2E898B #2E5B8B

triadic

#2E898B #8B2E89 #898B2E

tetradic

#2E898B #5F2E8B #8B302E #5B8B2E

square

#2E898B #5F2E8B #8B302E #5B8B2E

split-complementary

#2E898B #8B2E5B #8B5F2E

monochromatic

#102E2F #1F5C5D #2E898B #3DB6B9 #67CACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2E898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2E898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E898B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E898B	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.084 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acac',
    500: '#2e898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e898b;
$custom-light: #74acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57846,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E898B

secondary

#B36361

accent

#514EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E898B

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

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