#2E8A72#2E8A72

#2E8A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.094 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A72
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -33.00, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 33.38, 171.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.093 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.094 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2510, 19.9713, 19.0728)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A72 #8A2E46

analogous

#2E8A44 #2E8A72 #2E748A

triadic

#2E8A72 #722E8A #8A722E

tetradic

#2E8A72 #442E8A #8A2E46 #748A2E

square

#2E8A72 #442E8A #8A2E46 #748A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A72 #8A2E74 #8A442E

monochromatic

#0F2E26 #1F5C4C #2E8A72 #3DB898 #66CCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2E8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#2E8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A72

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A72	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.094 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ad9a',
    500: '#2e8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a72;
$custom-light: #72ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57272,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A72

secondary

#B36176

accent

#4E73DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A72

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

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