#2E8A80#2E8A80

#2E8A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A80
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -29.18, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 29.29, 185.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0862 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.087 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1097, 20.3148, 23.5954)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A80 #8A2E38

analogous

#2E8A52 #2E8A80 #2E668A

triadic

#2E8A80 #802E8A #8A802E

tetradic

#2E8A80 #522E8A #8A2E38 #668A2E

square

#2E8A80 #522E8A #8A2E38 #668A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A80 #8A2E66 #8A522E

monochromatic

#0F2E2B #1F5C55 #2E8A80 #3DB8AB #66CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2E8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2E8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A80

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A80	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aca4',
    500: '#2e8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a80;
$custom-light: #73aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A80

secondary

#B3616A

accent

#4E5DDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A80

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

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