#2E8A87#2E8A87

#2E8A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.085 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A87
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -27.15, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 27.87, 193.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0829 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.085 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.5864, 20.5054, 26.1062)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A87 #8A2E31

analogous

#2E8A59 #2E8A87 #2E5F8A

triadic

#2E8A87 #872E8A #8A872E

tetradic

#2E8A87 #592E8A #8A2E31 #5F8A2E

square

#2E8A87 #592E8A #8A2E31 #5F8A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A87 #8A2E5F #8A592E

monochromatic

#0F2E2D #1F5C5A #2E8A87 #3DB8B4 #66CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2E8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2E8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A87

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A87	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)

#828387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.085 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aca9',
    500: '#2e8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a87;
$custom-light: #74aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57958,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A87

secondary

#B36164

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A87

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

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