#2E8A85#2E8A85

#2E8A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.085 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A85
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -27.74, -5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 28.23, 190.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0838 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.085 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4469, 20.4497, 25.3715)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A85 #8A2E33

analogous

#2E8A57 #2E8A85 #2E618A

triadic

#2E8A85 #852E8A #8A852E

tetradic

#2E8A85 #572E8A #8A2E33 #618A2E

square

#2E8A85 #572E8A #8A2E33 #618A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A85 #8A2E61 #8A572E

monochromatic

#0F2E2D #1F5C59 #2E8A85 #3DB8B1 #66CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2E8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#2E8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A85

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A85	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.085 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aca8',
    500: '#2e8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a85;
$custom-light: #74aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57887,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A85

secondary

#B36165

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A85

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

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