#2E8A7E#2E8A7E

#2E8A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.087 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A7E
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -29.75, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 29.78, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0872 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.087 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9793, 20.2626, 22.9090)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A7E #8A2E3A

analogous

#2E8A50 #2E8A7E #2E688A

triadic

#2E8A7E #7E2E8A #8A7E2E

tetradic

#2E8A7E #502E8A #8A2E3A #688A2E

square

#2E8A7E #502E8A #8A2E3A #688A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A7E #8A2E68 #8A502E

monochromatic

#0F2E2A #1F5C54 #2E8A7E #3DB8A8 #66CCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2E8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2E8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A7E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A7E	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)

#84827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.087 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aca3',
    500: '#2e8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a7e;
$custom-light: #73aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57648,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A7E

secondary

#B3616C

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A7E

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

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