#2E8A88#2E8A88

#2E8A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.085 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A88
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -26.85, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 27.71, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0824 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.085 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6571, 20.5337, 26.4787)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A88 #8A2E30

analogous

#2E8A5A #2E8A88 #2E5E8A

triadic

#2E8A88 #882E8A #8A882E

tetradic

#2E8A88 #5A2E8A #8A2E30 #5E8A2E

square

#2E8A88 #5A2E8A #8A2E30 #5E8A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A88 #8A2E5E #8A5A2E

monochromatic

#0F2E2E #1F5C5B #2E8A88 #3DB8B5 #66CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2E8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2E8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A88

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A88	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.085 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acaa',
    500: '#2e8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a88;
$custom-light: #74acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57994,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A88

secondary

#B36163

accent

#4E51DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A88

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

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