#2E8A86#2E8A86

#2E8A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.085 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A86
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -27.44, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 28.05, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0834 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.085 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5163, 20.4774, 25.7371)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A86 #8A2E32

analogous

#2E8A58 #2E8A86 #2E608A

triadic

#2E8A86 #862E8A #8A862E

tetradic

#2E8A86 #582E8A #8A2E32 #608A2E

square

#2E8A86 #582E8A #8A2E32 #608A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A86 #8A2E60 #8A582E

monochromatic

#0F2E2D #1F5C59 #2E8A86 #3DB8B3 #66CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2E8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2E8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A86

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A86	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.085 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aca9',
    500: '#2e8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a86;
$custom-light: #74aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A86

secondary

#B36164

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A86

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

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