#2E8A89#2E8A89

#2E8A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.085 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A89
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -26.56, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 27.56, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.082 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.085 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.7285, 20.5623, 26.8548)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A89 #8A2E2F

analogous

#2E8A5B #2E8A89 #2E5D8A

triadic

#2E8A89 #892E8A #8A892E

tetradic

#2E8A89 #5B2E8A #8A2E2F #5D8A2E

square

#2E8A89 #5B2E8A #8A2E2F #5D8A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A89 #8A2E5D #8A5B2E

monochromatic

#0F2E2E #1F5C5B #2E8A89 #3DB8B7 #66CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2E8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#2E8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A89

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A89	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)

#818389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.085 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acab',
    500: '#2e8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a89;
$custom-light: #74acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5803,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A89

secondary

#B36162

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A89

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

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