#2E8A79#2E8A79

#2E8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A79
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -31.13, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 31.16, 177.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0896 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.09 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6647, 20.1368, 21.2521)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A79 #8A2E3F

analogous

#2E8A4B #2E8A79 #2E6D8A

triadic

#2E8A79 #792E8A #8A792E

tetradic

#2E8A79 #4B2E8A #8A2E3F #6D8A2E

square

#2E8A79 #4B2E8A #8A2E3F #6D8A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A79 #8A2E6D #8A4B2E

monochromatic

#0F2E29 #1F5C51 #2E8A79 #3DB8A1 #66CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2E8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2E8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A79

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A79	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#848278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ac9f',
    500: '#2e8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a79;
$custom-light: #73ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.913,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57486,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A79

secondary

#B36170

accent

#4E68DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A79

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

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